Gakungi Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Gakungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gakungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakungi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakungi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gakungi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 689,252. In Kenya Gakungi is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 97 percent reside, Nyandarua County, where 1 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 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 Gakungi
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