Gapele Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Gapele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gapele (25) may also be a first name.
Gapele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gapele is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gapele is the 1,691,963rd most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gapele live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 37 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 25 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 199,703. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 41 percent reside, North Region, where 38 percent reside and Centre Region, where 16 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 1 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 Gapele
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