Gakho Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Gakho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 37 | 1:110,672 | 6,692 |
| Senegal | 30 | 1:485,978 | 2,132 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Gakho (11) may also be a first name.
Gakho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakho (Georgian: გახო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻗﻮ, Hindi: गखो, Russian: Гахо) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakho? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,312,869th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakho live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 11 people.
It is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 110,672. In Mauritania Gakho is most prevalent in: Guidimagha Region, where 97 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Gakho is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 44 percent are found and South Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakho in the Georgian language | ||
| გახო | gakho | - |
| Gakho in the Hindi language | ||
| गखो | gakho | - |
| Gakho in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻗﻮ | kaqw | 37.5 |
| ﻛﺎﻛﻮ | kakw | 37.5 |
| ﻛﺎﺧﻮ | kakhw | 12.5 |
| ﻗﺎﻛﻮ | qakw | 12.5 |
| Gakho in the Russian language | ||
| Гахо | gaho | - |
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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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- 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 Gakho
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