Phala Surname
Approximately 19,703 people bear this surname
Phala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14,636 | 1:3,702 | 489 |
| Thailand | 1,530 | 1:46,169 | 5,290 |
| India | 1,523 | 1:503,654 | 25,333 |
| Nepal | 804 | 1:35,424 | 1,271 |
| Lesotho | 375 | 1:5,420 | 1,110 |
| Peru | 254 | 1:125,134 | 7,226 |
| Philippines | 251 | 1:403,340 | 51,517 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Pakistan | 60 | 1:2,977,398 | 24,221 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Cambodia | 21 | 1:737,483 | 4,850 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Phala (3,281) may also be a first name.
Phala Demographics
Average Phala Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Phala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phala (Hindi: फाला, Oriya: ଫଲା, Tibetan: ཕ་ལ།) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Phala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 27,271st most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 369,870 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Phala reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 124,936th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 3,281 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 14,636 people, or 1 in 3,702. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 44 percent reside, Gauteng, where 32 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 8 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phala Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Phala earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 36.49% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,312 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.78% less than the national average, earning R 164,496 per year; in United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $47,014 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phala in the Hindi language | ||
| फाला | phala | 60 |
| फला | phala | 35 |
| फल्ा | phala | 5 |
| Phala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕ་ལ། | pala | 33.33 |
| ཕ་ལ་ | pala | 33.33 |
| ཕཱ་ལ་ | pala | 33.33 |
| Phala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫଲା | phala | 21.05 |
| ଫାଲ | phala | 21.05 |
| ଫଳ | phala | 21.05 |
| ଫାଳ | phala | 15.79 |
| ଫଳା | phala | 15.79 |
| ଫଲ | phala | 5.26 |
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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 Phala
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