Gathua Surname
Approximately 2,440 people bear this surname
Gathua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,399 | 1:19,250 | 2,258 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gathua (698) may also be a first name.
Gathua Demographics
Gathua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gathua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathua (Hindi: गठुआ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gathua is the 175,553rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,986,699 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gathua live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 312,842nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 698 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,399 people, or 1 in 19,250. In Kenya Gathua is most common in: Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 17 percent reside and Muranga County, where 16 percent reside. Not including Kenya Gathua exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Gathua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gathua last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.
Gathua earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.9% less than the national average, earning $40,170 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gathua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gathua in the Hindi language | ||
| गठुआ | gathu'a | - |
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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 Gathua
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