Tahla Surname
Approximately 832 people bear this surname
Tahla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 325 | 1:6,729 | 1,138 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Ťahla (16) & Ťáhla (1) are calculated separately.
Tahla (223) may also be a first name.
Tahla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tahla (Arabic: طحلة, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻬﻞ, Hindi: तहला, Marathi: तला, Oriya: ତହା) is held by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Ťahla or Ťáhla. Click here for other possible spellings of Tahla.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 417,776th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,759,070 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Tahla are found; 41 percent are found in Southern Africa and 41 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tahla is also the 603,623rd most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 223 people.
The last name Tahla is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 6,729. Not including Botswana Tahla is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 26 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tahla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﻬﻞ | althl | - |
| Tahla in the Oriya language | ||
| ତହା | taha | - |
| Tahla in the Marathi language | ||
| तला | tala | - |
| Tahla in the Hindi language | ||
| तहला | tahala | 88.89 |
| ताहला | tahala | 11.11 |
| Tahla in the Arabic language | ||
| طحلة | thlt | - |
| طحله | thlh | - |
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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 Tahla
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