Gakam Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Gakam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakam (20) may also be a first name.
Gakam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakam (Russian: Гакам) occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gakam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakam? popularity and diffusion
Gakam is the 1,067,497th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gakam reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 92,719. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 43 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 29 percent reside and West Region, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakam in the Russian language | ||
| Гакам | gakam | - |
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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 Gakam
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