Leela Surname
Approximately 5,638 people bear this surname
Leela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,003 | 1:191,623 | 11,604 |
| Thailand | 866 | 1:81,569 | 11,056 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Malaysia | 102 | 1:289,159 | 15,911 |
| Maldives | 92 | 1:4,393 | 413 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Pakistan | 37 | 1:4,828,213 | 31,875 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Leela (307,204) may also be a first name.
Leela Demographics
Average Leela Salary in
United States
$38,026 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leela (Bengali: লীলা, Dhivehi: ީލީލާ, Hindi: लीला, Marathi: लेले, Oriya: ଲିଲା, Tibetan: ལི་ལ་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 85,533rd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,292,576 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Leela live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Leela is also the 3,395th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 307,204 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 4,003 people, or 1 in 191,623. In India it is most common in: Telangana, where 35 percent are found, Kerala, where 25 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 22 percent are found. Other than India this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 15 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.
Leela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leela last name increased 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Leela last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the party.
The amount Leela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.72% more than the national average, earning 393,561 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 161.97% more than the national average, earning R 622,548 per year; in United States they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning $38,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 74.48% more than the national average, earning $86,686 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leela in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ީލީލާ | ilila | - |
| Leela in the Hindi language | ||
| लीला | lila | 99.52 |
| लिला | lila | 0.04 |
| लीेला | liela | 0.01 |
| लीला़ | lila | 0.01 |
| Leela in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལི་ལ་ | lila | 96.33 |
| ལི་ལ | lila | 1.53 |
| ལི་ལཱ་ | lila | 0.61 |
| ལ་ལི་ཏ་ | lalita | 0.31 |
| ལ་ལི་ | lali | 0.31 |
| ལཱི་ལ་ | lila | 0.31 |
| ལ་ི་ལ་ | lala | 0.31 |
| ལི་ལ། | lila | 0.31 |
| Leela in the Bengali language | ||
| লীলা | lila | 82.35 |
| লিলা | lila | 17.65 |
| Leela in the Marathi language | ||
| लेले | lele | 50 |
| एलना | elana | 25 |
| ेलाल | elala | 25 |
| Leela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିଲା | lila | 45 |
| ଲୀଲା | lila | 31.67 |
| ଲୀଳା | lila | 10 |
| ଲିଳା | lila | 5 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 5 |
| େଲଏଲା | ela'ela | 3.33 |
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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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- 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 Leela
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