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 found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gitonga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,949th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,414 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 prevalent given name at a global level, held by 23,963 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 80,981 people, or 1 in 570. In Kenya Gitonga is mostly 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. Not including Kenya this surname exists 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 Gitonga last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gitonga surname 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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