Gacau Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Gacau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gacau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gacau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gacau is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gacau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gacau live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 427,592. In Kenya it is most common in: Kirinyaga County, where 56 percent reside, Muranga County, where 34 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 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 Gacau
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