Gafala Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gafala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gafala (11) may also be a first name.
Gafala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gafala (Hindi: गफाला) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gafala reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 11 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Yobe, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafala in the Hindi language | ||
| गफाला | gaphala | - |
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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 Gafala
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