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
The last name Gaissala is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant: Gaïssala. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaissala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Gaissala is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaissala live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gaissala is also the 413,955th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 430 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon Gaissala is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 95 percent live, Centre Region, where 2 percent live and North Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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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