Gaicha Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Gaicha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 459 | 1:39,983 | 2,001 |
| Niger | 191 | 1:100,482 | 4,127 |
The alternate forms: Gaïcha (2) are calculated separately.
Gaicha (5,748) may also be a first name.
Gaicha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaicha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaicha (Oriya: ଗଈଚ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Gaïcha. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaicha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaicha is the 504,985th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,211,609 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaicha are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaicha is also the 88,069th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 5,748 people.
The surname Gaicha is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 459 people, or 1 in 39,983. In Burkina Faso Gaicha is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 92 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Burkina Faso it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 29 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaicha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaicha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଈଚ | ga'ica | - |
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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
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- 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 Gaicha
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