Gakye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gakye (Tibetan: དགའ་སྐྱིད་) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gakye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Gakye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gakye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Gakye is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gakye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gakye in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་སྐྱིད་ | gakyi | - |
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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
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- 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 Gakye
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