Gatew Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gatew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gatew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Gatew (16) may also be a first name.

Gatew Last Name Facts

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

Gatew is found most in Germany. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatew? popularity and diffusion

Gatew is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Gatew is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Gatew reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Gatew is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Gatew is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 50 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gattew914/
Gathewe839/
Gadtewe831/
Gauthew830/
Gatev801,260/
Gateb8081/
Gateva731,340/
Gatiev73282/
Gateev73123/
Gastev73113/
Gateff7363/
Gatefe7351/
Gostew736/
Ghateb731/
Ghatef731/
Gaytiev6747/
Gashtev675/
Gathevs673/
Getehew672/
Gaitiev672/
Kgatiwe671/
Ghateiv671/
Ghateeb671/
Gattiev671/
Gattefs670/

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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 Gatew
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