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
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Gitonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gitonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gitonga is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gitonga? popularity and diffusion
Gitonga is the 6,949th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 89,414 people. Gitonga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gitonga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 33,069th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 23,963 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 80,981 people, or 1 in 570. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Meru County, where 37 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 16 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Gitonga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Gitonga last name are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.86% registered to vote for 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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