Gatongi Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gatongi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
Gatongi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatongi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gatongi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatongi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gatongi is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Gatongi reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Uasin Gishu County, where 80 percent live and Laikipia County, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 42 percent live and Australia, where 17 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 Gatongi
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