Gichoya Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Gichoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 433 | 1:106,651 | 9,185 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gichoya (80) may also be a first name.
Gichoya Demographics
Gichoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gichoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gichoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gichoya is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gichoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 680,882nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gichoya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gichoya is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 80 people.
The surname Gichoya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 106,651. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kirinyaga County, where 32 percent live, Muranga County, where 24 percent live and Kiambu County, where 19 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Gichoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname 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
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- 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 Gichoya
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