Gilagila Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gilagila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilagila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Gilagila (24) may also be a first name.

Gilagila Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gilagila Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gilagila is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilagila? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Gilagila occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gilagila are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 24 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Gilagila is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent reside.

Gilagila Last Name Statistics demography

Gilagila earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.4% less than the national average, earning R 101,244 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
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  • 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 Gilagila
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