Gahaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Gahaya (27) may also be a first name.
Gahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahaya is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Gahaya are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gahaya is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Gahaya is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and Malaysia, where 13 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 Gahaya
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