Gathumu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gathumu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gathumu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathumu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gathumu has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gathumu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathumu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Gathumu is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gathumu reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Gathumu is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent live, Kirinyaga County, where 33 percent live and Nyeri County, where 33 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Bahrain, where 20 percent live and India, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatumu | 92 | 355 | / |
| Gattumu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gathimu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Atumu | 83 | 1,012 | / |
| Gatimu | 77 | 6,538 | / |
| Hatumu | 77 | 19 | / |
| Aitumu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atumuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ataumu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Atoumou | 71 | 52 | / |
| Ashtumu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gottumu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Otumu | 67 | 285 | / |
| Attoumou | 67 | 153 | / |
| Hatoumou | 67 | 129 | / |
| Atomu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Goutoumou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hattoumou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Otutmu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Otuimu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Getimu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Atumoe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Otoumou | 57 | 85 | / |
| Gottimu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Hotoumou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Otomu | 50 | 136 | / |
| Ochtoumou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Houtoumou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gathumu
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