Gatang Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Gatang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 176 | 1:12,426 | 2,362 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
Gatang (87) may also be a first name.
Gatang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gatang is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 933,049th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Gatang reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gatang is also the 1,024,927th most widely held forename in the world, held by 87 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 12,426. Other than Botswana it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Gatang
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