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
The last name Gapela occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gapela is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Gapela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Gapela reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 623,637. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Brazzaville Department, where 50 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 50 percent reside. Excluding The Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 6 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 Gapela
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