Latela Surname

464,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Latela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Latela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2631:7,7281,691
Italy2111:289,84236,973
Tanzania811:653,60039,027
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Cameroon441:472,02438,779
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
United States101:36,245,893832,629
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Latela (206) may also be a first name.

Latela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Latela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Latela (Marathi: लातेला) occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Latela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 464,191st most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Latela are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Latela is also the 630,600th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 206 people.

This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 7,728. In Lesotho Latela is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 43 percent live, Berea District, where 30 percent live and Maseru District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 29 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.

Latela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Latela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 47.34% more than the national average, earning €44,245 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.4% less than the national average, earning R 120,252 per year and in United States they earn 93.32% more than the national average, earning $83,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Latela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Latela in the Marathi language
लातेलाlatela50
लतेलाlatela50

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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
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  • 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 Latela
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