Gateru Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Gateru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,121 | 1:41,195 | 4,318 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gateru (203) may also be a first name.
Gateru Demographics
Gateru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gateru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gateru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gateru is found most in Kenya. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gateru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 328,558th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. The surname Gateru occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name globally It is held by 203 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,121 people, or 1 in 41,195. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 25 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 17 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Gateru occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Gateru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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