Gatu Surname
Approximately 4,742 people bear this surname
Gatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Kenya | 1,464 | 1:31,544 | 3,446 |
| India | 814 | 1:942,341 | 40,427 |
| Romania | 153 | 1:131,228 | 14,297 |
| Solomon Islands | 148 | 1:3,919 | 454 |
| Sweden | 105 | 1:93,779 | 6,818 |
| Indonesia | 102 | 1:1,296,561 | 90,231 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Gâtu (8) are calculated separately.
Gatu (20,150) may also be a first name.
Gatu Demographics
Gatu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gatu (Hindi: गटू, Marathi: गटू, Oriya: ଗାଟୁ, Russian: Гату, Tibetan: དགའ་ཀྲུ།) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gâtu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 99,748th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,536,809 people. The surname Gatu occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Gatu reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 37 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 37,580th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 20,150 people.
The surname Gatu is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Besides Ethiopia it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Gatu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gatu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gatu earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gatu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gatu in the Hindi language | ||
| गटू | gatu | 66.63 |
| गटु | gatu | 32.55 |
| गट्ू | gatu | 0.22 |
| गाटू | gatu | 0.12 |
| गतू | gatu | 0.07 |
| ग्ाटू | gatu | 0.06 |
| गतु | gatu | 0.06 |
| गट्ु | gatu | 0.03 |
| ग्ाटु | gatu | 0.03 |
| गाटु | gatu | 0.02 |
| गटुु | gatuu | 0.01 |
| गट्टू | gattu | 0.01 |
| Gatu in the Marathi language | ||
| गटू | gatu | 52.13 |
| गटु | gatu | 40.85 |
| गाटू | gatu | 1.49 |
| गातु | gatu | 1.28 |
| गतू | gatu | 0.85 |
| गातू | gatu | 0.43 |
| गतु | gatu | 0.43 |
| गाटु | gatu | 0.43 |
| गेाटु | geatu | 0.21 |
| घाटु | ghatu | 0.21 |
| गट | gata | 0.21 |
| घटु | ghatu | 0.21 |
| गेाटू | geatu | 0.21 |
| Gatu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଟୁ | gatu | 50 |
| ଗାତୁ | gatu | 18.18 |
| ଗତୁ | gatu | 18.18 |
| ଗଟୁ | gatu | 13.64 |
| Gatu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ཀྲུ། | gatru | 25 |
| དགའ་ཀྲུགས། | gatruk | 25 |
| དགའ་སྤྲུགས། | gatruk | 16.67 |
| དགའ་སྤྲུ། | gatru | 8.33 |
| དགའ་སྐྲུ་ | gatru | 8.33 |
| དགའ་སྤྲོ། | gatro | 8.33 |
| དགའ་ཀྲུག་ | gatruk | 8.33 |
| Gatu in the Russian language | ||
| Гату | gatu | - |
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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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