Gafayo Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Gafayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Gafayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafayo is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gafayo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gafayo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gafayo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 813,318. In Uganda Gafayo is primarily concentrated in: Isingiro District, where 17 percent are found, Luuka District, where 15 percent are found and Bushenyi District, where 13 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Turkey, 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 Gafayo
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