Gakong Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Gakong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
Gakong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gakong live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Gakong is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Gakong is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Far North Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Gakong is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 17 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 Gakong
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