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 surname Gakahu occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakahu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 945,594th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The last name Gakahu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakahu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gakahu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 168,540. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 37 percent live, Kiambu County, where 36 percent live and Nyeri County, where 21 percent live. Barring Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Gakahu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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