Gasa Surname
Approximately 17,440 people bear this surname
Gasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 13,692 | 1:3,957 | 520 |
| Zimbabwe | 907 | 1:17,021 | 2,489 |
| Nigeria | 695 | 1:254,882 | 14,691 |
| Indonesia | 505 | 1:261,880 | 23,736 |
| Philippines | 248 | 1:408,219 | 51,950 |
| Spain | 196 | 1:238,531 | 15,520 |
| Papua New Guinea | 146 | 1:55,847 | 7,111 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Albania | 121 | 1:24,083 | 4,003 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| Iran | 81 | 1:947,932 | 44,636 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Solomon Islands | 42 | 1:13,810 | 2,567 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Gaša (19) are calculated separately.
Gasa (1,510) may also be a first name.
Gasa Demographics
Gasa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gasa (Arabic: غيسي, Hindi: गसा, Marathi: गासा, Oriya: ଗସା, Russian: Гаса, Tibetan: དགའ་ས་) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant: Gaša. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gasa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,614th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 417,864 people. Gasa is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gasa reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gasa is also the 199,962nd most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 1,510 people.
The surname Gasa is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 13,692 people, or 1 in 3,957. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 10 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent live. Other than South Africa Gasa exists in 56 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Gasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gasa last name is chiefly Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Gasa last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Gasa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.64% less than the national average, earning R 143,448 per year and in United States they earn 22.24% more than the national average, earning $52,745 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gasa in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ས་ | gasa | - |
| Gasa in the Marathi language | ||
| गासा | gasa | 76.47 |
| गसा | gasa | 23.53 |
| Gasa in the Hindi language | ||
| गसा | gasa | 66.67 |
| गासा | gasa | 33.33 |
| Gasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗସା | gasa | 56.76 |
| ଗାସା | gasa | 33.78 |
| ଗାସ | gasa | 4.05 |
| ଗଷା | gasa | 2.7 |
| େଗାସା | egasa | 1.35 |
| ଗଶା | gasa | 1.35 |
| Gasa in the Russian language | ||
| Гаса | gasa | - |
| Gasa in the Arabic language | ||
| غيسي | ghysy | - |
| غيسا | ghysa | - |
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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
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- 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 Gasa
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