Gathama Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gathama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gathama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gathama has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gathama is the 2,293,424th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gathama reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 689,252. In Kenya Gathama is most common in: Muranga County, where 55 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 13 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 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 Gathama
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