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
Gankaya is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Budaka District, where 100 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent live.
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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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