Gapela Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gapela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gapela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gapela occurs most in The Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gapela is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Gapela is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gapela are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Gapela is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 623,637. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 50 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 50 percent live. Excluding The Congo it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Bulgaria, where 6 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 Gapela
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