Gichana Surname
Approximately 7,186 people bear this surname
Gichana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,132 | 1:6,475 | 872 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gichana (1,594) may also be a first name.
Gichana Demographics
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Gichana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gichana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gichana occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gichana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,043rd most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,014,131 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gichana live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,611th most frequent forename internationally, held by 1,594 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,132 people, or 1 in 6,475. In Kenya Gichana is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 37 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 30 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Gichana exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Gichana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gichana surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gichana last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Gichana earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $45,031 USD 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 Gichana
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