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 in Kenya. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Gacau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gacau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,736,881st most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Gacau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gacau are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname 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. Besides Kenya this surname exists 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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