Gesocho Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gesocho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gesocho Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1961:235,61216,480
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Gesocho Demographics

Gesocho Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Gesocho Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gesocho Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gesocho is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gesocho? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,198,640th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gesocho are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Gesocho is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 235,612. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 56 percent live, Nyamira County, where 25 percent live and Kisii County, where 17 percent live. Besides Kenya Gesocho is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Gesocho Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geshocho931/
Gesoco921/
Gesacho865/
Esoco831/
Gesoso775/
Esocha773/
Essoco772/
Isocho771/
Gisacho71103/
Echocho719/
Esiocha712/
Esiokho711/
Ezoocho711/
Esojo6774/
Gesiosio6749/
Isoco6747/
Gichocho6710/
Essoucha674/
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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 Gesocho
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