Gathaway Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gathaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gathaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathaway is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathaway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gathaway is the 7,117,718th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Gathaway live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Gathaway is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Gathaway is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 50 percent live and Washington, where 50 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
Gathaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gathaway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gathaway last name rose 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gathaway
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