Gekene Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Gekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 158 | 1:292,278 | 18,763 |
Gekene (10) may also be a first name.
Gekene Demographics
Gekene Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gekene is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,385,851st most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gekene reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 292,278. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Migori County, where 72 percent reside, Kisii County, where 27 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside.
Gekene Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gekene
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