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
The last name Gabela (Arabic: غابيلا, Marathi: गबेला, Oriya: ଗେବଲା) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gábela. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gabela is the 49,964th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 708,561 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gabela are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 56 people.
This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 8,420 people, or 1 in 6,434. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa Gabela occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gabela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gabela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gabela surname grew 3,525 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gabela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gabela surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% being 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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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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