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 last name Gakoye is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gakoye is the 1,300,225th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakoye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Gakoye is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 114,238. In Niger Gakoye is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 59 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 26 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Niger this surname is found 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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