Gichora Surname

447,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 761 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gichora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gichora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7551:61,1655,973
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Gichora (68) may also be a first name.

Gichora Last Name Facts

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

Gichora has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gichora? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 447,670th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. The surname Gichora occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gichora are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gichora is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 68 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 755 people, or 1 in 61,165. In Kenya Gichora is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 27 percent live, Nakuru County, where 16 percent live and Kiambu County, where 15 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Gichora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gichora surname is chiefly 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 Gichora
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