Gmeskel Surname

95,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gmeskel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gmeskel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia4,9901:19,5482,554
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Gmeskel (25) may also be a first name.

Gmeskel Last Name Facts

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

Gmeskel occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gmeskel? popularity and diffusion

Gmeskel is the 95,118th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,456,344 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gmeskel are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 25 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Other than Ethiopia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Eritrea, where 0 percent live.

Gmeskel Last Name Statistics demography

Gmeskel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $44,688 USD 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 Gmeskel
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