Gakawa Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakawa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gakawa is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Gakawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Gakawa live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Gakawa is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Gakawa
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