Gitonga Surname
Approximately 81,503 people bear this surname
Gitonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 80,981 | 1:570 | 81 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Gitonga (23,963) may also be a first name.
Gitonga Demographics
Gitonga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gitonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gitonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gitonga is found most in Kenya. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gitonga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,949th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 89,414 people. Gitonga is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gitonga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gitonga is also the 33,069th most common first name throughout the world, held by 23,963 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 80,981 people, or 1 in 570. In Kenya Gitonga is most numerous in: Meru County, where 37 percent reside, Tharaka Nithi County, where 16 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Gitonga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gitonga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Gitonga surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.86% being registered with the political party.
Gitonga earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.94% less than the national average, earning $41,017 USD per year.
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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 Gitonga
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