Ła

surname · Latin script

Meaning: woe! hurts! (expression of grief)

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

Ła is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 77K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 341K
  • LYLibya≈1 in 373K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈560 people, est.

Sources
8 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 77K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

10 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Łã in DZ Algeria, EG Egypt, MA Morocco and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

woe! hurts! (expression of grief)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ła 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 Ła is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#709≈560 est.≈1 in 77KŁã6
MA Morocco—≈100 est.≈1 in 341KŁã2
EG Egypt—≈45 est.≈1 in 2.3MŁã8
TN Tunisia—≈18 est.≈1 in 662KŁã2
LY Libya—≈18 est.≈1 in 373KŁã1

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.

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)

Ła is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Algeria

    Also written Ł-A, Łä, Łà, Łã, Łẵ

  • French surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Łã, Łā, Łå, Łâ, Łä

  • English surname23 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Łă, Łå, Łä, Łã, Łâ

  • Spanish surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Łä, Łâ, Łã, Łą, Łå

  • a separate surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria

    Also written Łã, Łẩ, Łặ, Łà, Łä

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Łą, Łâ, Łẳ, Łá, Łå

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Łå, Łà

  • Danish name15 spellings in the group

    Also written Łâ, Łą, Łá, Łä, Łà

8 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ła mean, and where does it come from?
woe! hurts! (expression of grief) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Ła have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 556 people named Ła in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled łã.
How common is the name Ła?
Mondonomo estimates about 560 people in Algeria have Ła as their first surname, about 1 in 77 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Ła compared with other names?
In Algeria, Ła is the 709th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Ła” — the 709th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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