Gachagwi Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Gachagwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 63 | 1:733,014 | 30,691 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gachagwi Demographics
Gachagwi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachagwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachagwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gachagwi is most common in Kenya. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gachagwi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachagwi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachagwi is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Gachagwi occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gachagwi are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 733,014. In Kenya Gachagwi is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 89 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Gachagwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gachagwi
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