Gakuya Surname
Approximately 1,623 people bear this surname
Gakuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,602 | 1:28,826 | 3,197 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gakuya (237) may also be a first name.
Gakuya Demographics
Average Gakuya Salary in
United States
$34,179 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gakuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gakuya (Russian: Гакуя) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gakuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 245,297th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,490,170 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gakuya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gakuya is also the 581,650th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 237 people.
Gakuya is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,602 people, or 1 in 28,826. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kirinyaga County, where 33 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 15 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 13 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Gakuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gakuya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gakuya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.79% less than the national average, earning $34,179 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakuya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakuya in the Russian language | ||
| Гакуя | gakua | - |
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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 Gakuya
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