Gathige Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gathige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gathige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4641:99,5268,734
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Gathige (93) may also be a first name.

Gathige Last Name Facts

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

Gathige is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathige? popularity and diffusion

It is the 645,988th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gathige are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 93 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 99,526. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent reside, Muranga County, where 24 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.

Gathige Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Gathige earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

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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 Gathige
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