Gathegu Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Gathegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 176 | 1:262,386 | 17,495 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gathegu Demographics
Gathegu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gathegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathegu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathegu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Gathegu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gathegu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 262,386. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 46 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 40 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 5 percent reside. Barring Kenya it is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.
Gathegu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gathegu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatheng'u | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gathagu | 86 | 300 | / |
| Gathigu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gathogu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ategu | 83 | 134 | / |
| Gathingu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Atheguuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gatagu | 77 | 79 | / |
| Hategu | 77 | 37 | / |
| Ategou | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gatigu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eatheghou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hategou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ateugou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otegu | 67 | 53 | / |
| Atigu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Atigou | 62 | 6 | / |
| Othigu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Atoigu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ottegu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Attigou | 57 | 4 | / |
| Gotogou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Attigudd | 53 | 9 | / |
| Hattigud | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hattigudd | 50 | 63 | / |
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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 Gathegu
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