Gato Surname
Approximately 18,959 people bear this surname
Gato Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4,341 | 1:2,618 | 637 |
| Brazil | 3,269 | 1:65,486 | 2,444 |
| Philippines | 2,938 | 1:34,458 | 5,197 |
| Spain | 1,793 | 1:26,075 | 2,717 |
| Portugal | 1,434 | 1:7,265 | 680 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Cuba | 1,021 | 1:11,286 | 925 |
| United States | 679 | 1:533,813 | 44,364 |
| Pakistan | 256 | 1:697,828 | 10,515 |
| Israel | 240 | 1:35,657 | 4,960 |
| Ivory Coast | 210 | 1:109,863 | 5,570 |
| Zimbabwe | 189 | 1:81,684 | 11,934 |
| Argentina | 172 | 1:248,508 | 20,139 |
| Indonesia | 171 | 1:773,387 | 59,023 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Benin | 124 | 1:83,352 | 9,826 |
| Uganda | 115 | 1:339,472 | 22,545 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Mexico | 40 | 1:3,103,155 | 23,265 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| Peru | 38 | 1:836,424 | 17,653 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 20 | 1:8,871 | 586 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Gató (2) are calculated separately.
Gato (2,111) may also be a first name.
Gato Demographics
Average Male Gato Height
171.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gato Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gato (Arabic: غاتو, Hindi: गटो, Marathi: गातो, Oriya: ଗାେଟା, Russian: Гато, Tibetan: དགའ་སྤྲོ།) is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gató. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gato? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gato is the 28,334th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 384,385 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 34 percent of Gato are found; 24 percent are found in East Africa and 23 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 163,650th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 2,111 people.
It is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is held by 4,341 people, or 1 in 2,618. Other than Rwanda it is found in 93 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 15 percent live.
Gato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gato has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,544 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 483 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gato Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Gato last name are 36.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gato earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,068 per year; in United States they earn 3.11% less than the national average, earning $41,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.41% more than the national average, earning $54,854 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gato Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gato in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାେଟା | gaeta | - |
| Gato in the Hindi language | ||
| गटो | gato | 55.56 |
| गातो | gato | 33.33 |
| गाटो | gato | 11.11 |
| Gato in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་སྤྲོ། | gatro | 50 |
| དགའ་སྟོ་ | gato | 25 |
| དགའ་སྐྲུ་ | gatru | 25 |
| Gato in the Marathi language | ||
| गातो | gato | 50 |
| गटो | gato | 50 |
| Gato in the Russian language | ||
| Гато | gato | - |
| Gato in the Arabic language | ||
| غاتو | ghatw | - |
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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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