Gachia Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Gachia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gachia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gachia occurs most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gachia is the 2,661,929th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Gachia is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gachia live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 942,447. In Kenya Gachia is primarily concentrated in: Muranga County, where 76 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 18 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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 Gachia
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