Gachu Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Gachu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 225 | 1:235,296 | 19,277 |
| Kenya | 174 | 1:265,402 | 17,619 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Gachu (55) may also be a first name.
Gachu Demographics
Gachu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gachu (Oriya: ଗାଚୁ, Tibetan: དགའ་ཆུ་) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 694,796th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The surname Gachu is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gachu live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gachu is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 55 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 235,296. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tabora Region, where 97 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 41 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Gachu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gachu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gachu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଚୁ | gacu | - |
| Gachu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ཆུ་ | gachu | 33.33 |
| དགའ་ཅུ། | gachu | 33.33 |
| དགཡ་བཅུ། | gayachu | 33.33 |
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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 Gachu
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