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
The surname Gakani (Hindi: गाकानी) is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gakani.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gakani are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in The Congo, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 26,121. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Plateaux Department, where 100 percent live. Beside The Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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