Guke Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Guke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 194 | 1:272,895 | 21,498 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Guķe (1) are calculated separately.
Guke (136) may also be a first name.
Guke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guke is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Guķe. Click here for other potential spellings of Guke.
How Common Is The Last Name Guke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,011,991st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Guke occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Guke live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 136 people.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 272,895. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 99 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Taiwan, where 4 percent reside.
Guke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Guke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Guke last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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