Gatana Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Gatana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 253 | 1:182,529 | 13,729 |
| Papua New Guinea | 240 | 1:33,974 | 3,987 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gatana (109) may also be a first name.
Gatana Demographics
Gatana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gatana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gatana (Bengali: ঘটনা, Hindi: गटाना, Marathi: गटना, Oriya: ଗାତନ, Russian: Гатана) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gatana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 491,125th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. Gatana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Gatana are found; 39 percent are found in East Africa and 39 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 109 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya Gatana is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 44 percent live, Kirinyaga County, where 31 percent live and Nakuru County, where 19 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Gatana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gatana surname is chiefly Christian (83%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gatana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gatana in the Bengali language | ||
| ঘটনা | ghatana | - |
| Gatana in the Hindi language | ||
| गटाना | gatana | - |
| Gatana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାତନ | gatana | - |
| Gatana in the Marathi language | ||
| गटना | gatana | - |
| Gatana in the Russian language | ||
| Гатана | gatana | - |
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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 Gatana
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