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) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gukas.
How Common Is The Last Name Gukas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 625,459th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. It is primarily 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 numerous first name world-wide It is held by 145 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held 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. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common 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
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- 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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