Gaissala Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Gaissala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Gaïssala (578) are calculated separately.
Gaissala (430) may also be a first name.
Gaissala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaissala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaissala is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Gaïssala. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaissala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Gaissala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaissala reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 413,955th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 430 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon Gaissala is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found, Centre Region, where 2 percent are found and North Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gaissala
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