Gashaka Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Gashaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gashaka (10) may also be a first name.
Gashaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gashaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gashaka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gashaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Gashaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Gashaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gashaka live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 10 people.
The last name Gashaka is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Gashaka is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 67 percent live, Yobe, where 27 percent live and Adamawa, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Gashaka occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Burundi, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 7 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
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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 Gashaka
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