Gatambu Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gatambu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gatambu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya681:679,11629,805
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Gatambu Last Name Facts

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

Gatambu is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatambu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gatambu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nyandarua County, where 78 percent are found, Muranga County, where 13 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in China, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gathambu935/
Gatambeu931/
Atambu926/
Gatembu8621/
Atambou862/
Astambu861/
Getambu861/
Gautambudh821/
Aitambou8013/
Aytambou807/
Gathembu801/
Hatambui801/
Nghotambuh711/
Otambou711/
Ngatanvou632/
Attoumbou632/
Otombu621/
Hattanbauch560/
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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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