Gake Surname
Approximately 1,738 people bear this surname
Gake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Niger | 167 | 1:114,922 | 4,533 |
| Indonesia | 149 | 1:887,578 | 66,606 |
| Japan | 80 | 1:1,598,054 | 25,094 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Gäke (16) & Gaké (4) are calculated separately.
Gake (243) may also be a first name.
Gake Demographics
Average Gake Salary in
United States
$43,059 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Gake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻪ, Marathi: गाके) has its highest incidence in Togo. It can occur in the variant forms: Gäke or Gaké. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gake? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 232,309th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,193,064 people. The last name Gake is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Gake are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 573,164th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 243 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Besides Togo it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
Gake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gake has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gake last name rose 307 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gake Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gake surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gake earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.21% less than the national average, earning $43,059 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gake in the Marathi language | ||
| गाके | gake | - |
| Gake in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻪ | kakh | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻛﻲ | kaky | 50 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gake
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis