Gathecha Surname

346,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gathecha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gathecha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,0151:45,4974,704
United States301:12,081,964463,456
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Gathecha (248) may also be a first name.

Gathecha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gathecha (Marathi: गठेचा) is found most in Kenya. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gathecha.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathecha? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gathecha is the 346,661st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 6,907,626 people. Gathecha occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gathecha live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gathecha is also the 566,287th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 248 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,015 people, or 1 in 45,497. In Kenya Gathecha is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 48 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 30 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 8 percent are found. Beside Kenya Gathecha is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Gathecha Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Gathecha earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $39,264 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gathecha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gathecha in the Marathi language
गठेचाgatheca66.67
गाठेचाgatheca33.33

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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 Gathecha
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