Gakanga Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gakanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gakanga (12) may also be a first name.
Gakanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakanga is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakanga live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gakanga is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya Gakanga is most common in: Muranga County, where 36 percent live, Nyeri County, where 36 percent live and Laikipia County, where 9 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Gakanga
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