Gakaya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakaya is most common in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gakaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakaya are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Mombasa County, where 67 percent are found, Kwale County, where 17 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 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 Gakaya
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