Gatema Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Gatema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gatema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gatema occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gatema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gatema is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gatema reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 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 Gatema
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