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 surname Gachia occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Gachia occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gachia reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Gachia is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 942,447. In Kenya Gachia is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 76 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 18 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
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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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