Gakaka Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Gakaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 214 | 1:72,141 | 10,697 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gakaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakaka is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,104,724th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name Gakaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gakaka are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 72,141. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 70 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 9 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Gakaka occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gakaka
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