Cognomen كيلا (Kela 
, Kila 
, Keela 
) , across the world, is a common last name. The last name كيلا is habitual in Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a common surname, Finland, and Albania. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Papua New Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, كيلا is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Kela | Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, United States, India |
| Kila | Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, India |
| Keela | Tanzania, Indonesia, United States, South Africa, India |
| كيلا | Egypt, Sudan, Iraq |
| كمال كيلا Sudanese singer, SD (b. 1948) |
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