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

Gathecha (Marathi: गठेचा) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathecha? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gathecha is the 346,661st most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,907,626 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gathecha live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 566,287th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 248 people.

Gathecha is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,015 people, or 1 in 45,497. In Kenya it is primarily found 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 occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs 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 last name is chiefly 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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