Gegela Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Gegela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 197 | 1:268,739 | 21,270 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Gegela (13) may also be a first name.
Gegela Demographics
Average Gegela Salary in
South Africa
R 95,616
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gegela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gegela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gegela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gegela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gegela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gegela is the 904,049th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The last name Gegela is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gegela live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gegela is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 268,739. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 92 percent live, Arusha Region, where 5 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Gegela Last Name Statistics demography
Gegela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.76% less than the national average, earning R 95,616 per year.
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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 Gegela
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