Gyak Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gyak 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
Nigeria1281:1,383,92853,929
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gyak (28) may also be a first name.

Gyak Last Name Facts

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

Gyak is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gyak is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gyak reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 28 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 59 percent are found, Kaduna, where 35 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

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
Gyack891/
Dyak753,684/
Gyok75231/
Dyack6760/
Gyagh675/
Gyaac671/
Dyask671/
Dyakk671/

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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 Gyak
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