Gakay Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakay is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Gakay reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Gakay is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 50,619,112. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 50 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 50 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 20 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
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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 Gakay
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