Acala is used as a family name or surname in Philippines. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Acala
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Philippines
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Acala

How popular is Acala?

Acala is common in Philippines.

Acala is ranked 187447 on our list.

There are about 148 people in US who wears Acala as surname and ranked 117480 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Hispanic or Latino 56.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 31.08
White 8.78
Acala is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Philippines which may be its originating country too. Around 1878 people have been found who wears Acala as their family name. Acala have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
139,444 Brazil2
40,256 Mexico2
810,193 Indonesia1
13,447 Uganda1
31,207 Ireland1
12,741 Ecuador1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
209,319 United States87
Countries with hundreds of Acala:
138,427 India129
Countries with thousands of Acala:
9,133 Philippines1,611

Comments

E
Edgardo Krom
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of words akal meaning nard; and by extension where plants grow prickly this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

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