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 surname Gakava (Russian: Гакава) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,718,172nd most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gakava reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring 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. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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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