Kabila

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kabila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uganda than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nation (group of people), ethnic group.

rarermore common
  • UGUganda≈1 in 171K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 425K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Uganda (inferred from the name graph)

≈250 people, est.

Sources
29 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 171K (inferred from the name graph)

Uganda, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nation (group of people), ethnic group

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kabila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kabila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UG Uganda≈250 est.≈1 in 171Klisted—1
KE Kenya≈130 est.≈1 in 425Klisted—1
PH Philippines≈60 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Kabila2
GH Ghana≈26 est.≈1 in 1.1Mlisted——
MY Malaysia≈14 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Kabila2
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kabila is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Philippines, India

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kabilá

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Algeria

    Also written Kàbilà

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kabila is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, opposite side (of a street, river, etc.)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hausa, alternative form of ƙàbīlā̀

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, tribe, kin

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In kmb, Pastor

    as a wordDiccionario Portuguez-Kimbundu

  • In Basque, " Kábila bat, una caseta como la de Laspiur en Gomistegui" Iz ArOñ .

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Kabila under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kabila mean, and where does it come from?
nation (group of people), ethnic group Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kabila a male or female name?
Kabila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Kabila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 253 people named Kabila in Uganda, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kabila?
In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Kabila in 2025, about 1 in 750 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kabila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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