Gagaye Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gagaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gagaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gagaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Gagaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Gagaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gagaye reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Gagaye is most frequent in: Jigawa, where 33 percent live, Rivers, where 33 percent live and Sokoto, where 33 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Pakistan, where 17 percent live.
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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 Gagaye
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