Gakanje Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Gakanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 296 | 1:52,156 | 7,938 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakanje is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakanje? popularity and diffusion
Gakanje is the 862,604th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname Gakanje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gakanje reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 52,156. In Zimbabwe Gakanje is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 29 percent reside and Harare Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gakanje
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