Getaneh Surname

7,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Getaneh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Getaneh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia76,3041:1,278227
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Getaneh (71,509) may also be a first name.

Getaneh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Getaneh is found most in Ethiopia. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Getaneh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Getaneh is the 7,431st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 95,284 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Getaneh reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 13,622nd most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 71,509 people.

It is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 76,304 people, or 1 in 1,278. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Getaneh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Getaneh last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Getaneh earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.17% less than the national average, earning $34,877 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.88% less than the national average, earning $33,349 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
  • 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 Getaneh
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