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
The last name Gakne occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakne? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is primarily 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 widely held first name globally It is held by 250 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: North Region, where 55 percent are found, Far North Region, where 43 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Gakne is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 1 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.
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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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