Gakas Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Gakas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakas is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Gakas reside; 57 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 57 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 316,565. In Greece Gakas is primarily found in: Thessaly, where 60 percent live, Attica, where 11 percent live and Central Greece, where 11 percent live. Outside of Greece Gakas is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 11 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 Gakas
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