Gichu Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Gichu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 990 | 1:46,646 | 4,810 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gichu (170) may also be a first name.
Gichu Demographics
Gichu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gichu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gichu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gichu is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gichu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gichu is the 361,698th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. Gichu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gichu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gichu is also the 701,320th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 170 people.
Gichu is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 990 people, or 1 in 46,646. In Kenya Gichu is most frequent in: Muranga County, where 19 percent live, Nairobi County, where 18 percent live and Kiambu County, where 16 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Gichu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gichu 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 Gichu
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