Gakne Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Gakne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Gakne (250) may also be a first name.
Gakne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakne is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakne? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,168,711th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakne reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Gakne is also the 563,826th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 250 people.
The last name Gakne is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon Gakne is most prevalent in: North Region, where 55 percent reside, Far North Region, where 43 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Gakne exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 1 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gakne
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