Gatwiri Surname
Approximately 35,017 people bear this surname
Gatwiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 35,005 | 1:1,319 | 212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gatwiri (5,397) may also be a first name.
Gatwiri Demographics
Gatwiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gatwiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatwiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gatwiri is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatwiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gatwiri is the 15,921st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,115 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gatwiri reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 91,635th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 5,397 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 35,005 people, or 1 in 1,319. In Kenya Gatwiri is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 79 percent reside, Tharaka Nithi County, where 9 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Gatwiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gatwiri
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