Gakoy Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Gakoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gakoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakoy is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Gakoy is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakoy live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 90 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 8 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 40 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Gakoy
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