Vala Surname
Approximately 149,444 people bear this surname
Vala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 137,460 | 1:5,580 | 496 |
| Kuwait | 2,227 | 1:1,707 | 204 |
| Czechia | 2,079 | 1:5,115 | 577 |
| Nepal | 1,836 | 1:15,513 | 833 |
| Iran | 843 | 1:91,082 | 9,132 |
| Portugal | 793 | 1:13,138 | 1,051 |
| South Africa | 775 | 1:69,907 | 8,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | 721 | 1:12,708 | 1,574 |
| United States | 609 | 1:595,171 | 48,535 |
| France | 454 | 1:146,306 | 22,633 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| England | 138 | 1:403,754 | 27,757 |
| Canada | 127 | 1:290,123 | 26,993 |
| Norway | 98 | 1:52,472 | 7,538 |
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| Serbia | 72 | 1:99,235 | 7,980 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| Mozambique | 49 | 1:556,359 | 1,404 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| Austria | 38 | 1:224,090 | 27,245 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Kosovo | 22 | 1:84,630 | 5,088 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Albania | 13 | 1:224,158 | 14,039 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 1:337,176 | 16,710 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Vála (124), Valà (3) & Valâ (1) are calculated separately.
Vala (182,738) may also be a first name.
Vala Demographics
Average Vala Salary in
United States
$47,445 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Vala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vala (Bengali: ভালা, Georgian: ვალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻟﻪ, Hindi: वाला, Marathi: वाळा, Oriya: ୱାଲା, Russian: Вала) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Vála, Valà or Valâ. For other potential spellings of Vala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,753rd most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 48,764 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Vala are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 5,751st most widespread first name internationally, held by 182,738 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 137,460 people, or 1 in 5,580. In India Vala is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 84 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 5 percent live and Himachal Pradesh, where 3 percent live. Beside India it is found in 90 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 1 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.
Vala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vala last name grew 5,536 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Vala surname are 15.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.57% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Vala earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.37% less than the national average, earning R 158,340 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.8% more than the national average, earning $25,834,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.96% more than the national average, earning $47,445 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning $53,384 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vala in the Georgian language | ||
| ვალა | vala | - |
| Vala in the Bengali language | ||
| ভালা | bhala | - |
| Vala in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲା | wala | - |
| Vala in the Hindi language | ||
| वाला | vala | 99.36 |
| वला | vala | 0.49 |
| बाला | bala | 0.03 |
| वाल | vala | 0.02 |
| वााला | vaala | 0.01 |
| Vala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻟﻪ | falh | 88.29 |
| ﻓﺎﻟﺔ | falt | 7.02 |
| ﻓﺎﻝ | fal | 4.01 |
| ﻓﻠﺔ | flt | 0.33 |
| Vala in the Marathi language | ||
| वाळा | vala | 55.39 |
| वाला | vala | 42.49 |
| वला | vala | 1.66 |
| वळा | vala | 0.46 |
| Vala in the Russian language | ||
| Вала | vala | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Vala
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis