Gachungi Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Gachungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 255 | 1:181,098 | 13,605 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gachungi Demographics
Gachungi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gachungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gachungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gachungi is found most frequently in Kenya. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gachungi.
How Common Is The Last Name Gachungi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gachungi is the 956,400th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gachungi are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 181,098. In Kenya Gachungi is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 40 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 30 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 19 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
Gachungi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gachungi last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gachungi surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Gachungi earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.86% more than the national average, earning $55,172 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 Gachungi
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