Gakoi Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Gakoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 85 | 1:543,293 | 26,596 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
The alternate forms: Gakoï (13) are calculated separately.
Gakoi (16) may also be a first name.
Gakoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakoi occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Gakoï. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Gakoi occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gakoi live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gakoi is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread given name internationally, held by 16 people.
The surname Gakoi is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 543,293. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 99 percent live and Machakos County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya Gakoi exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent live and England, where 3 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
- 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 Gakoi
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