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
The last name Gakay has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Gakay is primarily found in Africa, where 40 percent of Gakay live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Gakay is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 50,619,112. In The Philippines Gakay is mostly concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 50 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 50 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
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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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