Gatonye Surname

213,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gatonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gatonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,8721:24,6692,785
United States181:20,136,607622,629
England161:3,482,379114,324
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gatonye (484) may also be a first name.

Gatonye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gatonye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gatonye is found most in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gatonye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatonye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 213,109th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,772,022 people. The surname Gatonye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gatonye live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 386,404th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 484 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,872 people, or 1 in 24,669. In Kenya Gatonye is most common in: Kiambu County, where 37 percent live, Nairobi County, where 22 percent live and Nakuru County, where 12 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Gatonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Gatonye earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.98% less than the national average, earning $18,562 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Gatonye
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