Gateru Surname

328,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gateru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gateru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,1211:41,1954,318
England31:18,572,686338,250
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gateru (203) may also be a first name.

Gateru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gateru is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gateru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 328,558th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. The surname Gateru is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gateru reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 635,584th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 203 people.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,121 people, or 1 in 41,195. In Kenya Gateru is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 25 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 17 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 16 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Gateru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gateru last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Gateru
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