Kandala
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kandala is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: gold; war; battle; a new shoot; a sprig.
- INIndia1 in 918K(measured from records)
- ZMZambia≈1 in 22K
- NANamibia≈1 in 72K
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.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 113 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
1,445 people
Highest-authority source
Zambia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
gold; war; battle; a new shoot; a sprig
Sources 1
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kandala 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 1,445 | 1 in 918K | 1.4K | Kandala | 85 |
| ZM Zambia | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 1 | — | 3 |
| US United States | 167 | 1 in 2M | 297 | Kandala | 113 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Kandala | 24 |
| CA Canada | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Kandala | 13 |
| NA Namibia | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 72K | 1 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 16 | 1 in 348K | 16 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | 10 | — | — |
1,445 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates; ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kandala is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swahili, lamp
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
In Latvian, Dzelzs važas kāju un roku saistīšanai (smagi sodītajam)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 2.4K | #1,558 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.4K | #4,092 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 297 | #70,918 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 167 | #106,570 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 16 | #42,775 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 10 | #10,572 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 7 | #14,106 |
| ZM Zambia | ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results | 2021 | 1 | #42 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kandala mean, and where does it come from?
- gold; war; battle; a new shoot; a sprig Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys.
- In which country does Kandala have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Kandala, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kandala.
- How common is the name Kandala?
- In India, the national register counted 1,445 people named Kandala, about 1 in 918 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, “Kandala”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.