Gankaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gankaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Gankaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gankaya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gankaya is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Gankaya reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda Gankaya is mostly concentrated in: Budaka District, where 100 percent are found. Barring Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Gankaya
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