Gatchang Surname
Approximately 4,232 people bear this surname
Gatchang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 4,227 | 1:2,701 | 529 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gatchang (4,172) may also be a first name.
Gatchang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatchang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gatchang occurs most in South Sudan. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatchang? popularity and diffusion
Gatchang is the 109,917th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,722,010 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gatchang are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gatchang is also the 107,487th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 4,172 people.
Gatchang is most widespread in South Sudan, where it is held by 4,227 people, or 1 in 2,701. Barring South Sudan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 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 Gatchang
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