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
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Nala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nala (Arabic: نالاّ, Bengali: নল, Georgian: ნალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻻ, Hindi: नाला, Marathi: नला, Oriya: ନାଲା, Russian: Нала, Tibetan: གནག་ལ།) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Nalá or Ñala. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nala is the 19,058th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 252,592 people. 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 prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 55,564 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 18,442 people, or 1 in 41,593. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 71 percent live, Gujarat, where 18 percent live and Odisha, where 4 percent live. Other than India it exists in 68 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 percent live.
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 with 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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