Gakani Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Gakani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 191 | 1:26,121 | 2,814 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakani (Hindi: गाकानी) is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakani? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,194,481st most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gakani reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 26,121. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Plateaux Department, where 100 percent live. Besides The Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakani in the Hindi language | ||
| गाकानी | gakani | - |
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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 Gakani
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