Gisila Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Gisila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 304 | 1:174,150 | 15,221 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gisila (126) may also be a first name.
Gisila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gisila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gisila is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gisila? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 847,909th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gisila live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gisila is also the 829,183rd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 126 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 174,150. In Tanzania Gisila is most common in: Manyara Region, where 98 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live and Singida Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 0 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 Gisila
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