Tjala Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Tjala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 54 | 1:37,640 | 6,590 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Tjala (104) may also be a first name.
Tjala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tjala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tjala occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjala? popularity and diffusion
Tjala is the 2,293,424th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Tjala reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tjala is also the 925,156th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 104 people.
The surname Tjala is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 37,640. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 96 percent live, Berea District, where 2 percent live and Maseru District, where 2 percent live. Barring Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tjala
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