Gekana Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
Gekana Demographics
Average Gekana Salary in
South Africa
R 35,016
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gekana occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gekana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Gekana is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 38 percent live and Limpopo, where 13 percent live.
Gekana Last Name Statistics demography
Gekana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.26% less than the national average, earning R 35,016 per year.
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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 Gekana
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