Vahala Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Vahala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 312 | 1:17,618 | 2,517 |
| Czechia | 197 | 1:53,977 | 9,048 |
| France | 103 | 1:644,881 | 83,663 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Vahala (17) may also be a first name.
Vahala Demographics
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Vahala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vahala (Hindi: वहला, Marathi: वाहला) is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Vahala.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vahala is the 441,818th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Vahala live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in Scandinavia. Vahala is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Vahala is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 17,618. In Finland Vahala is most numerous in: Satakunta, where 32 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 30 percent live and Uusimaa, where 15 percent live. Barring Finland this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 25 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.
Vahala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Vahala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vahala last name increased 1,840 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Vahala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Vahala last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Vahala earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.19% less than the national average, earning $39,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $53,315 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vahala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vahala in the Hindi language | ||
| वहला | vahala | - |
| Vahala in the Marathi language | ||
| वाहला | vahala | 62.5 |
| हला | hala | 25 |
| वहाला | vahala | 12.5 |
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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 Vahala
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