Gathay Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Gathay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 169 | 1:4,538,848 | 117,745 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Gathay (138) may also be a first name.
Gathay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gathay (Hindi: गाठया, Tibetan: དགའ་འཐེས།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,321,499th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. Gathay is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gathay live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 138 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 4,538,848. In India Gathay is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 55 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 45 percent are found. Apart from India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gathay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gathay in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་འཐེས། | gaté | - |
| Gathay in the Hindi language | ||
| गाठया | gathaya | 90 |
| गठया | gathaya | 10 |
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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
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- 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 Gathay
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