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 may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassala? popularity and diffusion
Gassala is the 1,765,740th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gassala reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 61 people.
The last name Gassala is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and The Congo, where 7 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 Gassala
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