Gacal Surname
Approximately 2,678 people bear this surname
Gacal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,323 | 1:10,168 | 712 |
| Turkey | 709 | 1:109,762 | 9,351 |
| Philippines | 464 | 1:218,186 | 33,852 |
| Poland | 85 | 1:447,162 | 46,049 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
The alternate forms: Gačal (18) & Gaćal (1) are calculated separately.
Gacal (332) may also be a first name.
Gacal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gacal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gacal occurs in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gačal or Gaćal. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gacal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 162,415th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,721,264 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Gacal are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Gacal is also the 480,499th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 332 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Somalia, where it is held by 1,323 people, or 1 in 10,168. Outside of Somalia Gacal occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 26 percent reside and The Philippines, where 17 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gacal
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