Gappah Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gappah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gappah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gappah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gappah occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gappah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gappah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gappah live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gappah is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Gappah is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 5 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 Gappah
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