Gukas Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Gukas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 466 | 1:380,135 | 20,197 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Gukas (145) may also be a first name.
Gukas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gukas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gukas (Georgian: გუკას, Russian: Гукас) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gukas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gukas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 625,459th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gukas are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 766,399th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 145 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 380,135. In Nigeria Gukas is most numerous in: Plateau, where 86 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live and Kaduna, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Gukas exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gukas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gukas in the Georgian language | ||
| გუკას | gukas | - |
| Gukas in the Russian language | ||
| Гукас | gukas | - |
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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 Gukas
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