Gakava Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Gakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakava (Russian: Гакава) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakava? popularity and diffusion
Gakava is the 2,718,172nd most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gakava reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Gakava is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 428,840. In Zimbabwe Gakava is primarily concentrated in: Bulawayo Province, where 42 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 36 percent live and Midlands Province, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakava in the Russian language | ||
| Гакава | gakava | - |
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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 Gakava
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