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
Gato Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gato Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gato (Arabic: غاتو, Hindi: गटो, Marathi: गातो, Oriya: ଗାେଟା, Russian: Гато, Tibetan: དགའ་སྤྲོ།) has its highest incidence in Rwanda. It can also occur as: Gató. For other possible spellings of Gato click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gato? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,334th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 384,385 people. The surname Gato is primarily found in Africa, where 34 percent of Gato reside; 24 percent reside in East Africa and 23 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 163,650th most widely held first name globally It is held by 2,111 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is borne by 4,341 people, or 1 in 2,618. Other than Rwanda Gato occurs in 93 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 15 percent live.
Gato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gato has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gato last name increased 7,544 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 483 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gato Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gato surname is chiefly Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Gato surname are 36.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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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- 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 Gato
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