Gatoh Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gatoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gatoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gatoh occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatoh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gatoh are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 83 percent live, Plateau Department, where 8 percent live and Zou Department, where 8 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gatoh
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