Sodala Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Sodala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sodala (49) may also be a first name.
Sodala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sodala (Hindi: सोदाला, Marathi: सोडला, Oriya: େସାଦାଲା) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 490,085th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sodala live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 49 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Excluding Malawi Sodala exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 6 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sodala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sodala in the Hindi language | ||
| सोदाला | sodala | - |
| Sodala in the Marathi language | ||
| सोडला | sodala | 66.67 |
| सोडाला | sodala | 33.33 |
| Sodala in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଦାଲା | esadala | 33.33 |
| େସାଦଲା | esadala | 33.33 |
| େସାଡାଲା | esadala | 33.33 |
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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 Sodala
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