Gakang Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gakang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakang (Marathi: गाकांग) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakang? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gakang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Gakang reside; 38 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Gakang is most common in: Centre Region, where 67 percent live and Far North Region, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakang in the Marathi language | ||
| गाकांग | gakanga | - |
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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 Gakang
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