Gateway Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gateway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gateway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Gateway (59) may also be a first name.

Gateway Last Name Facts

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

Gateway is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gateway.

How Common Is The Last Name Gateway? popularity and diffusion

Gateway is the 5,213,395th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Gateway are found; 36 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gateway is also the 1,282,666th most common first name at a global level, held by 59 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Gateway is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 21 percent are found and Malaysia, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Gateway
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis