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 held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Gaila. Click here for further possible spellings of Gaïla.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaïla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaïla is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaïla live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 100 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 14 percent are found.
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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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