Gatheca Surname
Approximately 1,182 people bear this surname
Gatheca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,174 | 1:39,336 | 4,173 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gatheca (155) may also be a first name.
Gatheca Demographics
Gatheca Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gatheca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatheca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gatheca occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gatheca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatheca? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gatheca is the 317,070th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,165,436 people. The surname Gatheca is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gatheca live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gatheca is also the 738,219th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 155 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 1,174 people, or 1 in 39,336. In Kenya Gatheca is mostly concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 47 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 21 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 10 percent reside. Besides Kenya Gatheca occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Gatheca Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gatheca
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