Gachangi Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Gachangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 145 | 1:318,482 | 19,707 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Gachangi (12) may also be a first name.
Gachangi Demographics
Gachangi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gachangi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachangi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,272,314th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Gachangi is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gachangi live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 318,482. In Kenya Gachangi is mostly found in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 42 percent reside, Muranga County, where 39 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Gachangi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside and Qatar, where 5 percent reside.
Gachangi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gachangi earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
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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 Gachangi
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