Gakobwa Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Gakobwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gakobwa (18) may also be a first name.
Gakobwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakobwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakobwa is found most in Burundi. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gakobwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakobwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,882,912th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Gakobwa are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gakobwa is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
It is most numerous in Burundi, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 200,099. Barring Burundi this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gakobwa
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