Gachungi Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gachungi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gachungi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2551:181,09813,605
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Gachungi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gachungi has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gachungi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 956,400th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. It 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.

The last name Gachungi is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 181,098. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 40 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 30 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 19 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Gachungi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Gachungi surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with 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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