Gakahu Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Gakahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 274 | 1:168,540 | 12,948 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakahu Demographics
Gakahu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gakahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakahu is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakahu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gakahu is the 945,594th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. Gakahu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakahu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 168,540. In Kenya Gakahu is most common in: Muranga County, where 37 percent live, Kiambu County, where 36 percent live and Nyeri County, where 21 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Gakahu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gakahu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gakahu
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