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

The last name Gathige is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathige? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 645,988th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname Gathige is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gathige reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gathige is also the 986,211th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 93 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 464 people, or 1 in 99,526. In Kenya Gathige is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent are found, Muranga County, where 24 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Gathige Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding 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
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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 Gathige
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