Moulla Surname
Approximately 2,994 people bear this surname
Moulla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,540 | 1:13,486 | 1,840 |
| Algeria | 773 | 1:49,976 | 8,644 |
| France | 290 | 1:229,044 | 35,526 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Moûllâ (1) are calculated separately.
Moulla (343) may also be a first name.
Moulla Demographics
Average Moulla Salary in
United States
$45,146 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moulla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moulla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moulla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻪ, Hindi: मोउल्ला, Marathi: मोला) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Moûllâ. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moulla? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,797th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,434,050 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Moulla live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa. Moulla is also the 471,283rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 343 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,540 people, or 1 in 13,486. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 83 percent are found, North Region, where 9 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 26 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Moulla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Moulla surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
The amount Moulla earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.63% more than the national average, earning $45,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.97% less than the national average, earning $46,222 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moulla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moulla in the Hindi language | ||
| मोउल्ला | mo'ulla | - |
| Moulla in the Marathi language | ||
| मोला | mola | - |
| Moulla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻪ | mlh | 64.29 |
| ﻣﻞ | ml | 8.93 |
| ﻣﻠﺔ | mlt | 8.93 |
| ﻣﻮﻟﻪ | mwlh | 7.14 |
| ﻣﻼ | mla | 3.57 |
| ﻣﻠﻼ | mlla | 1.79 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﺔ | amylt | 1.79 |
| ﻣﻠﻠﻪ | mllh | 1.79 |
| ﻣﻮﻟﺔ | mwlt | 1.79 |
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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 Moulla
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