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 found most frequently in Botswana. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gatang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 933,049th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Gatang are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 87 people.
The last name Gatang is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 12,426. Aside from Botswana this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 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 Gatang
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