Gaitán Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Gaitán Surname Definition:
Castilian name from Espinosa de los Monteros. Later extended to whole Peninsula.
Gaitán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 154 | 1:25,404 | 1,571 |
| Guatemala | 114 | 1:141,076 | 3,323 |
| Colombia | 82 | 1:582,611 | 7,469 |
| Spain | 74 | 1:631,784 | 28,875 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Mexico | 40 | 1:3,103,155 | 23,265 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Gaitan (109,131), Gaitàn (29), Gaîtan (1), Gaïtan (1) & Gáitan (1) are calculated separately.
Gaitán Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Castilian name from Espinosa de los Monteros. Later extended to whole Peninsula.
Gaitán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaitán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaitán is most common in Panama. It may also be found as: Gaitan, Gaitàn, Gaîtan, Gaïtan or Gáitan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaitán? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaitán is the 538,129th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,186,532 people. The last name Gaitán is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Gaitán live; 47 percent live in Central America and 47 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Panama, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 25,404. In Panama Gaitán is most frequent in: Chiriquí Province, where 58 percent live, Panamá Province, where 12 percent live and Veraguas Province, where 11 percent live. Beside Panama this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 19 percent live and Colombia, where 14 percent live.
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