Gatawa Surname

210,563rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gatawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gatawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8741:17,6642,588
Tanzania5101:103,80710,138
Philippines1711:592,03664,746
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Zambia1291:122,8689,314
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
England141:3,979,861125,553
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Gatawa (166) may also be a first name.

Gatawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gatawa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gatawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,563rd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,718,136 people. Gatawa is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gatawa live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 166 people.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 874 people, or 1 in 17,664. In Zimbabwe Gatawa is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 30 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 20 percent are found and Harare Province, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Gatawa occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.

Gatawa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gatawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 195.37% more than the national average, earning R 701,916 per year and in United States they earn 48.71% more than the national average, earning $64,167 USD per year.

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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 Gatawa
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