Kwala Surname
Approximately 1,571 people bear this surname
Kwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 409 | 1:433,112 | 22,320 |
| Namibia | 267 | 1:9,024 | 1,746 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Zambia | 130 | 1:121,922 | 9,272 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kwala (452) may also be a first name.
Kwala Demographics
Average Kwala Salary in
United States
$75,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwala (Oriya: ାଲା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwala is the 252,019th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,638,794 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kwala reside; 30 percent reside in Southern Africa and 30 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 402,268th most numerous given name globally, borne by 452 people.
Kwala is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 433,112. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 48 percent live, Plateau, where 12 percent live and Gombe, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Kwala exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
Kwala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kwala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.65% less than the national average, earning R 152,916 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwala in the Oriya language | ||
| ାଲା | ala | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kwala
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