Nala Surname
Approximately 28,851 people bear this surname
Nala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18,442 | 1:41,593 | 2,908 |
| South Africa | 5,824 | 1:9,302 | 1,167 |
| Philippines | 1,268 | 1:79,841 | 13,812 |
| Pakistan | 825 | 1:216,538 | 5,147 |
| Indonesia | 750 | 1:176,332 | 17,058 |
| Papua New Guinea | 482 | 1:16,916 | 1,689 |
| Thailand | 237 | 1:298,052 | 51,367 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Benin | 149 | 1:69,366 | 8,381 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nepal | 102 | 1:279,225 | 3,420 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Taiwan | 54 | 1:434,162 | 3,316 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Afghanistan | 23 | 1:1,397,964 | 11,714 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Nalá (9) & Ñala (2) are calculated separately.
Nala (55,564) may also be a first name.
Nala Demographics
Average Nala Salary in
United States
$42,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nala (Arabic: نالاّ, Bengali: নল, Georgian: ნალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻻ, Hindi: नाला, Marathi: नला, Oriya: ନାଲା, Russian: Нала, Tibetan: གནག་ལ།) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Nalá or Ñala. For other potential spellings of Nala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nala is the 19,058th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 252,592 people. The last name Nala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Nala are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 16,900th most widely held given name internationally, held by 55,564 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is held by 18,442 people, or 1 in 41,593. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 71 percent are found, Gujarat, where 18 percent are found and Odisha, where 4 percent are found. Besides India it is found in 68 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.
Nala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nala surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nala earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.53% less than the national average, earning R 146,076 per year and in United States they earn 2.66% less than the national average, earning $42,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nala in the Georgian language | ||
| ნალა | nala | - |
| Nala in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଲା | nala | 91.8 |
| ନଳ | nala | 4.15 |
| ନାଳା | nala | 1.04 |
| ନଲ | nala | 0.73 |
| ନାଲ | nala | 0.62 |
| ନଳା | nala | 0.31 |
| ନଲା | nala | 0.31 |
| ନୀଲା | nila | 0.1 |
| ନିଳା | nila | 0.1 |
| େନଲା | enala | 0.1 |
| Nala in the Hindi language | ||
| नाला | nala | 72.34 |
| नला | nala | 21.28 |
| नरुला | narula | 4.26 |
| नाळा | nala | 2.13 |
| Nala in the Bengali language | ||
| নল | nala | 66.67 |
| নলা | nala | 33.33 |
| Nala in the Tibetan language | ||
| གནག་ལ། | nakla | 65.57 |
| ནག་ལ། | nakla | 11.48 |
| སྣ་ལ་ | nala | 8.2 |
| གནག་ལ་ | nakla | 4.92 |
| ནཱ་ལཱ་ | nala | 1.64 |
| ནཱ་ལ། | nala | 1.64 |
| གནཀ་ལ། | nakala | 1.64 |
| སྣ་ལགས། | nalak | 1.64 |
| སྣ་ལ། | nala | 1.64 |
| གནག་ལཱ། | nakla | 1.64 |
| Nala in the Marathi language | ||
| नला | nala | 53.68 |
| नाला | nala | 31.58 |
| नाळा | nala | 8.42 |
| नळा | nala | 6.32 |
| Nala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻻ | nala | 37.5 |
| ﻧﺎﻝ | nal | 25 |
| ﺍﻧﺎﻻ | anala | 12.5 |
| ﻧﻼ | nla | 12.5 |
| ﻧﻞ | nl | 12.5 |
| Nala in the Russian language | ||
| Нала | nala | - |
| Nala in the Arabic language | ||
| نالاّ | nala | - |
| نيلّي | nyly | - |
| نؤلي | nwly | - |
| نالا | nala | - |
| نيلي | nyly | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nala
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