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 Gato Salary in
United States
$41,809 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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།) is most common in Rwanda. It can also appear as: Gató. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gato? popularity and diffusion
Gato is the 28,334th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 384,385 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 34 percent of Gato live; 24 percent live in East Africa and 23 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 163,650th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 2,111 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is carried by 4,341 people, or 1 in 2,618. Aside from Rwanda this surname is found in 93 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Gato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gato has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gato 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 holding the Gato last name is predominantly Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Gato surname are 36.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.29% 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gato
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