Gashaija Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Gashaija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Gashaija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashaija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gashaija is more frequently found in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashaija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Gashaija occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gashaija reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gashaija is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 315,694. Other than Rwanda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 34 percent reside and Scotland, where 6 percent reside.
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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
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