Gathemba Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gathemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gathemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya751:615,73228,396

Gathemba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gathemba is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gathemba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathemba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gathemba is the 2,185,341st most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gathemba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Gathemba is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 93 percent live, Nakuru County, where 5 percent live and Embu County, where 1 percent live.

Gathemba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gatemba934/
Athemba931/
Gathimba88839/
Gathamba8854/
Gateamba8841/
Gathembi882/
Gathembe881/
Atehemba881/
Atemba862,238/
Gathimbah821/
Athembhai821/
Gatembo80185/
Athembo80156/
Gatamba8022/
Gatemwa8016/
Hatemba806/
Gatimba805/
Atembah805/
Ateumba804/
Gatembi803/
Attemba803/
Gatomba802/
Getemba802/
Atiemba801/
Othemba801/
Gatembe801/
Ateambah7533/
Gathambo7532/
Gatembei758/
Gathenwa754/
Ghetamba751/
Ggatamba751/
Ngatembo751/
Gathimbi751/
Gatenbay750/
Ghathambhai741/
Otemba71509/
Atimba71485/
Atembo71195/
Gatmbo711/
Athenbath710/
Hatembo672,300/
Gatambo6793/
Hatimba6718/
Atimbai675/
Gatimwa674/
Gatombo673/
Othembo672/
Gautambhai672/
Attembo671/
Atembot671/
Gotembe671/
Gotamba671/
Ostemba671/
Gatimbo671/
Ottemba671/
Atimbea671/

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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 Gathemba
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