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 most frequently in Benin. It can be found as a variant: Gaila. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaïla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaïla is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaïla reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 14 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 Gaïla
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