Gathira Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Gathira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 466 | 1:99,098 | 8,704 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gathira (116) may also be a first name.
Gathira Demographics
Gathira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gathira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathira (Oriya: ଗଥିରା) occurs most in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gathira is the 645,032nd most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. The last name Gathira occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gathira are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gathira is also the 868,627th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 116 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 466 people, or 1 in 99,098. In Kenya Gathira is most numerous in: Muranga County, where 44 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 26 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Gathira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gathira last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gathira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gathira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଥିରା | gathira | - |
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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 Gathira
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