Yala Surname
Approximately 27,188 people bear this surname
Yala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 8,982 | 1:8,225 | 1,015 |
| Egypt | 2,746 | 1:33,480 | 3,548 |
| India | 2,555 | 1:300,221 | 16,917 |
| Algeria | 2,427 | 1:15,917 | 2,877 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| Thailand | 1,628 | 1:43,390 | 4,875 |
| Congo | 1,553 | 1:3,213 | 521 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,057 | 1:7,714 | 568 |
| Philippines | 971 | 1:104,262 | 18,125 |
| Burkina Faso | 932 | 1:19,691 | 1,370 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Kenya | 277 | 1:166,714 | 12,857 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Indonesia | 258 | 1:512,594 | 41,794 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Cameroon | 200 | 1:103,845 | 12,227 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| France | 143 | 1:464,495 | 66,161 |
| Nigeria | 116 | 1:1,527,093 | 57,948 |
| Argentina | 91 | 1:469,708 | 35,035 |
| Ivory Coast | 84 | 1:274,658 | 10,624 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Turkey | 41 | 1:1,898,083 | 67,283 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Colombia | 27 | 1:1,769,410 | 11,599 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
The alternate forms: Yalá (2) are calculated separately.
Yala (6,376) may also be a first name.
Yala Demographics
Average Yala Salary in
United States
$19,839 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yala (Arabic: ليالا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻞ, Hindi: याला, Marathi: याला, Oriya: ୟାଲା, Russian: Яла, Tibetan: ཡ་ལ།) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Yalá. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yala is the 20,111th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 268,043 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Yala are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yala is also the 82,392nd most widely held given name globally, held by 6,376 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 8,982 people, or 1 in 8,225. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 75 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 10 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Yala Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Yala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.17% less than the national average, earning R 125,556 per year; in Colombia they earn 113.95% more than the national average, earning $48,573,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 54.02% less than the national average, earning $19,839 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.74% less than the national average, earning $35,903 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡ་ལ། | yala | - |
| Yala in the Marathi language | ||
| याला | yala | 90.91 |
| यला | yala | 6.06 |
| यल | yala | 1.52 |
| याळा | yala | 1.52 |
| Yala in the Hindi language | ||
| याला | yala | 81.82 |
| यला | yala | 18.18 |
| Yala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻞ | yl | 75 |
| ﻳﻌﻼ | yla | 25 |
| Yala in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାଲା | yala | 66.67 |
| ଯାଲା | yala | 33.33 |
| Yala in the Russian language | ||
| Яла | ala | - |
| Yala in the Arabic language | ||
| ليالا | lyala | - |
| يالا | yala | - |
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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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