Gathunga Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Gathunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Gathunga Demographics
Gathunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gathunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gathunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gathunga is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gathunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gathunga are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 312,026. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nakuru County, where 41 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 38 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 6 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Gathunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gathunga surname is primarily 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 Gathunga
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