Gathu Surname
Approximately 4,262 people bear this surname
Gathu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,071 | 1:11,344 | 1,431 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Gathu (1,551) may also be a first name.
Gathu Demographics
Average Gathu Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gathu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gathu (Bengali: গঠু, Hindi: गठू, Marathi: गठु) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 109,213th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,709,889 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gathu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gathu is also the 196,784th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 1,551 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 4,071 people, or 1 in 11,344. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 15 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Gathu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gathu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gathu last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Gathu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gathu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gathu in the Bengali language | ||
| গঠু | gathu | - |
| Gathu in the Hindi language | ||
| गठू | gathu | 64.2 |
| गठु | gathu | 19.84 |
| गाठू | gathu | 10.89 |
| गाठु | gathu | 3.11 |
| गाथु | gathu | 0.39 |
| गटटू | gatatu | 0.39 |
| ग्ाठू | gathu | 0.39 |
| गाथू | gathu | 0.39 |
| Gathu in the Marathi language | ||
| गठु | gathu | 26.09 |
| गाठू | gathu | 21.74 |
| गाथु | gathu | 21.74 |
| गाठु | gathu | 15.22 |
| गठू | gathu | 13.04 |
| गेाठु | geathu | 2.17 |
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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 Gathu
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