Gakoye Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Gakoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 168 | 1:114,238 | 4,517 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Gakoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakoye occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gakoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gakoye is the 1,300,225th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakoye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 114,238. In Niger Gakoye is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 59 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 26 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Barring Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Gakoye
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