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
Gakahu is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakahu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Gakahu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakahu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gakahu is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 168,540. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Muranga County, where 37 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 36 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Gakahu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gakahu last name is principally 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
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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
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