Gakere Surname
Approximately 888 people bear this surname
Gakere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 865 | 1:53,387 | 5,361 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Gakéré (1) are calculated separately.
Gakere (42) may also be a first name.
Gakere Demographics
Average Gakere Salary in
United States
$48,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gakere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakere is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Gakéré. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gakere is the 396,862nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,206,696 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakere live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 865 people, or 1 in 53,387. In Kenya Gakere is primarily concentrated in: Muranga County, where 19 percent live, Kiambu County, where 16 percent live and Nyandarua County, where 15 percent live. Apart from Kenya Gakere exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Gakere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gakere last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gakere earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year.
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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 Gakere
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