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 last name Gakono occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakono? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,032nd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakono reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gakono is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 73 people.
The surname Gakono is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 463 people, or 1 in 99,741. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kirinyaga County, where 78 percent reside, Embu County, where 18 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Gakono Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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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