Gabela Surname
Approximately 10,285 people bear this surname
Gabela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,420 | 1:6,434 | 825 |
| Ecuador | 954 | 1:16,673 | 2,479 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 139 | 1:25,442 | 4,166 |
| Spain | 136 | 1:343,765 | 19,825 |
| Croatia | 99 | 1:42,713 | 8,470 |
| Argentina | 94 | 1:454,717 | 34,122 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Colombia | 25 | 1:1,910,963 | 11,972 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Gábela (9) are calculated separately.
Gabela (56) may also be a first name.
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Gabela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gabela (Arabic: غابيلا, Marathi: गबेला, Oriya: ଗେବଲା) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gábela. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gabela is the 49,964th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 708,561 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gabela reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gabela is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 56 people.
Gabela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 8,420 people, or 1 in 6,434. In South Africa Gabela is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gabela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gabela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gabela last name rose 3,525 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gabela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gabela surname are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gabela earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.31% less than the national average, earning 310,406 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.49% less than the national average, earning R 155,688 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.96% less than the national average, earning $21,803,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning $46,905 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gabela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gabela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗେବଲା | gebala | - |
| Gabela in the Marathi language | ||
| गबेला | gabela | - |
| Gabela in the Arabic language | ||
| غابيلا | ghabyla | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gabela
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