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
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Gake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻪ, Marathi: गाके) is more commonly found in Togo than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gäke or Gaké. Click here for other possible spellings of Gake.
How Common Is The Last Name Gake? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gake is the 232,309th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,193,064 people. The surname Gake is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Gake live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gake is also the 573,164th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 243 people.
It is most common in Togo, where it is held by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Barring Togo Gake occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Niger, where 10 percent reside.
Gake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gake surname rose 307 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gake Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gake last name 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 |
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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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- 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
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