Gachenge Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Gachenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gachenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gachenge is found most in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gachenge.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachenge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gachenge live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gachenge is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kirinyaga County, where 83 percent reside, Embu County, where 8 percent reside and Migori County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 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 Gachenge
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