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
The surname Gakono is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gakono.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakono? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,032nd most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakono live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gakono is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 73 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 463 people, or 1 in 99,741. In Kenya Gakono is primarily found in: Kirinyaga County, where 78 percent reside, Embu County, where 18 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Gakono Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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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