Gakenge Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Gakenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 94 | 1:491,276 | 25,271 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Gakenge Demographics
Gakenge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gakenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakenge occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakenge? popularity and diffusion
Gakenge is the 1,907,068th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakenge live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 491,276. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 91 percent are found, Laikipia County, where 4 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
Gakenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gakenge
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