Gategwa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gategwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gategwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gategwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gategwa is found most in Kenya. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gategwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Gategwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gategwa reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Gategwa is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 50 percent are found, Embu County, where 13 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 13 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gategwah932/
Gatigwa865/
Ngatigwa8010/
Gathigwa801/
Gathegua801/
Gataigwa801/
Ng'atigwa75367/
Ngâatigwa751/
Gotekwa71122/
Gatagua711/
Gatakwa711/
Kgatigwe671/
Getakwa5777/
Gotokwa5718/
Gatique5715/
Gatikwe571/
Gatigue571/
Gatiqua571/
Kgaticwe5315/
Goytegui536/
Kgatikwe532/
Gauteque531/
Gateskue530/
Ngootegue501/

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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 Gategwa
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