Gathongo Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Gathongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 111 | 1:416,035 | 22,860 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gathongo (12) may also be a first name.
Gathongo Demographics
Gathongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gathongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathongo is found most in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathongo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Gathongo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gathongo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gathongo is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname Gathongo is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 416,035. In Kenya Gathongo is mostly concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 68 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 8 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 8 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Gathongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gathongo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gathongo
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