Gatambu Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gatambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 68 | 1:679,116 | 29,805 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Gatambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gatambu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatambu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gatambu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gatambu is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya Gatambu is most common in: Nyandarua County, where 78 percent reside, Muranga County, where 13 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Gatambu is found in one country. It is also common in China, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gatambu
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