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 last name Gakaya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gakaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakaya reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Gakaya is most common in: Mombasa County, where 67 percent live, Kwale County, where 17 percent live and Nairobi County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
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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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