Nihala Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Nihala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 330 | 1:2,324,441 | 75,995 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Nihala (2,026) may also be a first name.
Nihala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nihala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nihala (Bengali: নিহলা, Hindi: निहाला, Marathi: िनहाला, Oriya: ନିହାଲା) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The surname Nihala occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nihala live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 167,750th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 2,026 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 330 people, or 1 in 2,324,441. In India Nihala is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 85 percent are found, Kerala, where 10 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nihala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nihala in the Bengali language | ||
| নিহলা | nihala | - |
| Nihala in the Hindi language | ||
| निहाला | nihala | 97.18 |
| निहला | nihala | 1.35 |
| नीहाला | nihala | 0.98 |
| निहाल | nihala | 0.12 |
| नीहला | nihala | 0.12 |
| विढला | vidhala | 0.12 |
| Nihala in the Marathi language | ||
| िनहाला | inahala | 62.07 |
| िनहला | inahala | 20.69 |
| नेहला | nehala | 6.9 |
| िनहाळा | inahala | 6.9 |
| िनहाल | inahala | 3.45 |
| Nihala in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିହାଲା | nihala | 50 |
| ନିହଲ | nihala | 25 |
| ନିହଲା | nihala | 25 |
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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 Nihala
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