Gakon Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gakon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Gakon (44) may also be a first name.
Gakon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakon is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gakon is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakon reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 50 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 Gakon
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