Gichau Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Gichau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 283 | 1:163,180 | 12,702 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Gichau (49) may also be a first name.
Gichau Demographics
Gichau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gichau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gichau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gichau is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gichau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Gichau occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gichau reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gichau is also the 1,430,306th most common given name throughout the world, held by 49 people.
Gichau is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 163,180. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Muranga County, where 56 percent live, Kiambu County, where 20 percent live and Nyeri County, where 17 percent live. Barring Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Gichau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name 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 Gichau
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