Gitong Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Gitong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gitong (19) may also be a first name.
Gitong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gitong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gitong is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gitong.
How Common Is The Last Name Gitong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Gitong reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gitong is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename globally, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 962,081. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyandarua County, where 92 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 8 percent live. Aside from Kenya Gitong exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
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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 Gitong
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