Gassala Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Gassala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gassala (61) may also be a first name.
Gassala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gassala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gassala occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,765,740th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name Gassala is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gassala are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 61 people.
Gassala is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and The Congo, where 7 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 Gassala
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