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
Gatana (Bengali: ঘটনা, Hindi: गटाना, Marathi: गटना, Oriya: ଗାତନ, Russian: Гатана) occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatana? popularity and diffusion
Gatana is the 491,125th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,812,383 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. Gatana is also the 900,062nd most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 109 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 44 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 31 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 19 percent are found. Not including Kenya it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 18 percent are found.
Gatana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gatana last name is principally 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
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- 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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