Pala is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pala
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pala

How popular is Pala?

Pala is common in Turkey.

Pala is ranked 4280 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Palas grew by 31.4346 per cent to 623 since 2000 and ranked 35993 after elevating 6990 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.43 68.57
Hispanic or Latino 19.74 14.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 19.58 10.97
Black 1.28 1.27
Others 0.96 4.43
Pala is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 127772 people have been found who wears Pala as their family name. Pala is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,185 Nigeria9
5,340 Iceland6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
593 Congo4
122,390 Belarus4
32,472 Azerbaijan3
10,686 Costa Rica3
16,605 Austria3
25,074 Greece3
9,185 Hong Kong2
261 Solomon Islands2
4,367 Afghanistan2
3,014 Taiwan2
18,035 Egypt2
12,161 Wales2
34,681 Norway2
1,848 Madagascar2
10,395 Latvia2
12,844 Pakistan2
28,232 Morocco2
6,266 Luxembourg2
3,670 Mozambique2
10,683 Cyprus1
14,618 Guyana1
50,549 Georgia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,046 Japan1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
28,746 Algeria1
4,942 Libya1
16,283 Lithuania1
717 Bhutan1
7,314 Bolivia1
7,110 Bosnia1
37,779 Serbia1
13,606 Senegal1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,024 Mongolia1
24,460 Armenia1
17,236 Ghana1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,923 Slovenia1
2,309 Monaco1
1,818 Guernsey1
11,510 Oman1
4,171 Rwanda1
49,529 Israel1
31,207 Ireland1
5,589 Sudan1
77,122 Sweden1
7,790 Zambia1
12,270 Lebanon1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,057 Myanmar1
13,447 Uganda1
11,486 Estonia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,724 New Caledonia1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,483 Chile45
6,982 Burkina Faso39
8,720 Qatar29
130,701 Ukraine28
841 Malta26
4,647 Thailand21
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
3,743 Singapore89
9,649 New Zealand71
145,861 Russia70
2,438 Bahrain61
Countries with hundreds of Pala:
9,084 France992
15,208 Philippines967
35,570 United States805
2,133 Czech Republic736
9,252 England704
6,211 Spain678
4,369 Peru627
3,834 Sri Lanka587
1,275 Slovakia560
10,130 Argentina538
2,747 Ecuador460
10,396 Mexico445
5,324 Malaysia405
15,361 South Africa402
381 Fiji292
4,721 Hungary262
18,581 Tanzania231
17,055 Canada215
13,044 Australia210
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
3,076 Portugal185
6,960 Switzerland171
16,425 Netherlands168
13,504 Romania146
7,063 United Arab Emirates138
13,523 Belgium134
9,561 Colombia105
Countries with thousands of Pala:
752 Italy9,070
33 Papua New Guinea8,468
6,166 Indonesia2,223
2,872 Poland2,005
6,060 Germany1,547
10,591 Brazil1,288
4,486 Kenya1,255
Countries with ten thousands of Pala:
1,060 India57,652
354 Turkey32,212
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Antonio Pala worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 31 years old embarked for New York from Boulogne & Rotterdam on Amsterdam and arrived on December 8, 1891. 31 years old Alfonso Pala, Laborer Antonio Pala, Carlo Pala, aged 19, Filippo Pala, aged 37, 23 years old Giuseppe Pala, 31 years old Giuseppe Pala, Momfredo Pala (17) Laborer, Sabatino Pala, aged 25, Sabatino Pala, aged 29, are other Pala that migrated to US from Naples, Havre and Antwerp.

Pala Namesakes

  • Abdurrahman Palay, Actor
  • Adele Palacios, Actress
  • Joseph J. Palackal, Singer
  • Adele Palacios, Actress
  • Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate, Frederick V, Elector Palatine's son
  • Adele Palacios, Actress
  • Agnes of the Palatinate, Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine's daughter
  • Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Former Count Palatine of the Rhine
  • Bernard Palanca, Film actor
  • Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Former Count Palatine of the Rhine

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