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
Gahaya is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gahaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly 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. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 27 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Malaysia, where 13 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 Gahaya
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