Gathings Surname

303,386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gathings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gathings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2441:291,36627,026
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

Gathings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gathings is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gathings click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 303,386th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,830,037 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Gathings live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,244 people, or 1 in 291,366. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 20 percent live, Texas, where 16 percent live and Mississippi, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Gathings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gathings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gathings last name rose 1,382 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gathings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gathings surname are 14.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.14% registered to vote for the party.

Gathings earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.24% less than the national average, earning $38,300 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 Gathings
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