Gaïla Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gaïla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
The alternate forms: Gaila (746) are calculated separately.
Gaïla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaïla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaïla is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Gaila. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaïla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaïla are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gaïla is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin Gaïla is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 14 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 Gaïla
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