Gakono Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Gakono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 463 | 1:99,741 | 8,752 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
Gakono (73) may also be a first name.
Gakono Demographics
Gakono Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gakono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakono Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gakono is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakono? popularity and diffusion
Gakono is the 645,032nd most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakono are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gakono is also the 1,134,117th most common given name globally, borne by 73 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 463 people, or 1 in 99,741. In Kenya Gakono is most common in: Kirinyaga County, where 78 percent are found, Embu County, where 18 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Gakono Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gakono surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gakono
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