Gekone Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Gekone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 341 | 1:135,425 | 11,086 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gekone (140) may also be a first name.
Gekone Demographics
Gekone Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gekone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gekone occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekone? popularity and diffusion
Gekone is the 814,680th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name Gekone occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gekone reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gekone is also the 781,395th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 140 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 135,425. In Kenya Gekone is most common in: Nyamira County, where 50 percent live, Kisii County, where 33 percent live and Nakuru County, where 14 percent live. Barring Kenya it is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Gekone Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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 Gekone
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