Gitatu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Gitatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gitatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Gitatu (25) may also be a first name.

Gitatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gitatu (Hindi: गिटटू) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gitatu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gitatu is the 5,057,639th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Gitatu reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name globally, held by 25 people.

The last name Gitatu is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Gitatu is most common in: Manyara Region, where 90 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 10 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Githatu9265/
Ngitatu924/
Gitatui921/
Itatu91144/
Githathu861/
Sitatu83189/
Zitatu8313/
Jitatu8311/
Gutatu837/
Citatu836/
Itatus833/
Itatou833/
Eitatu832/
Gitotu831/
Gitetu831/
Chitatu77714/
Sithatu77597/
Aitatus7731/
Githetu773/
Ghutatu771/
Sitathu771/
Guthatu771/
Sitatou771/
Itattou771/
Jhitatu771/
Etatu734,670/
Itotu7338/
Sithathu71534/
Guthathu714/
Getautus712/
Zithathu711/
Chitathu711/
Jhitathu711/
Itotup6775/
Eteatu6710/
Chittattu679/
Etattu673/
Getetu671/
Setatu671/
Aisstatou671/
Etatou671/
Estatu671/
Itothu671/

Gitatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gitatu in the Hindi language
गिटटूgitatu-

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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 Gitatu
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