Getahun Surname
Approximately 242,526 people bear this surname
Getahun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 241,952 | 1:403 | 52 |
| United States | 368 | 1:984,943 | 73,005 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Getahun (254,100) may also be a first name.
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Getahun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Getahun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Getahun is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Getahun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,261st most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,049 people. Getahun is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Getahun reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 4,136th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 254,100 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 241,952 people, or 1 in 403. Barring Ethiopia Getahun occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Getahun Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Getahun last name are 40.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Getahun earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.46% more than the national average, earning $43,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% less than the national average, earning $48,746 CAD 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
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