Gakeni Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Gakeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 729 | 1:63,347 | 6,154 |
| Congo | 112 | 1:44,546 | 4,199 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gakeni Demographics
Gakeni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gakeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakeni is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gakeni.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakeni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 413,768th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name Gakeni is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakeni are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gakeni is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 63,347. In Kenya Gakeni is most frequent in: Meru County, where 81 percent reside, Embu County, where 12 percent reside and Tharaka Nithi County, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 13 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Gakeni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gakeni last name 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 Gakeni
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