Gatsheni Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gatsheni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gatsheni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4251:127,47714,982
Zimbabwe1781:86,73212,575
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gatsheni (84) may also be a first name.

Gatsheni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gatsheni is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gatsheni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatsheni? popularity and diffusion

Gatsheni is the 532,232nd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,005,842 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gatsheni are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gatsheni is also the 1,046,220th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 84 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 425 people, or 1 in 127,477. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 73 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 15 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Gatsheni Last Name Statistics demography

Gatsheni earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.25% less than the national average, earning R 120,600 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gatshenie9420/
Gautsheni941/
Gatseni9318/
Gatschene8260/
Gatshcene824/
Gatshinyi821/
Gacheni805/
Gatchene7514/
Gaudseni751/
Gachengi751/
Gazeni71214/
Gatschine7133/
Gaceni712/
Ngatsuini711/
Gatsina6733/
Gauzeni6725/
Gacheny6713/
Gachene673/
Gatsine672/
Gotsini671/
Gotsena671/

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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 Gatsheni
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