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
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Gathua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gathua (Hindi: गठुआ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gathua is the 175,553rd most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,986,699 people. Gathua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gathua are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gathua is also the 312,842nd most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 698 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,399 people, or 1 in 19,250. In Kenya Gathua is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 18 percent live, Kiambu County, where 17 percent live and Muranga County, where 16 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Gathua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gathua last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Gathua are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% 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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