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

The surname Gichora is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gichora? popularity and diffusion

Gichora is the 447,670th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,576,276 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name globally, held by 68 people.

The last name Gichora is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 755 people, or 1 in 61,165. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 27 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 16 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Gichora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gichora 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 Gichora
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