Gnakene Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gnakene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gnakene 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
Burkina Faso251:734,0848,477
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Gnakene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gnakene is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnakene? popularity and diffusion

Gnakene is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Gnakene is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gnakene reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 734,084. In Burkina Faso Gnakene is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 52 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 36 percent live and Centre-Est Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.

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
Ngnakene931/
Gnakiene931/
Gnakine8640/
Gnakeni867/
Gnakane861/
Gnakinet801/
Gnakini7173/
Gnokane7152/
Gnakani713/
Gnekane711/
Gnakonhi677/
Gnakonhe671/
Gnekini575/
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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 Gnakene
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