Gitu Surname
Approximately 5,595 people bear this surname
Gitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,245 | 1:20,570 | 2,367 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Tanzania | 602 | 1:87,943 | 8,885 |
| Moldova | 340 | 1:10,475 | 1,802 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Romania | 79 | 1:254,150 | 23,921 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Gîtu (4) are calculated separately.
Gitu (6,189) may also be a first name.
Gitu Demographics
Gitu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gitu (Bengali: গীতু, Hindi: गीतू, Marathi: गीतु, Oriya: ଗିଟୁ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Gîtu. Click here for other potential spellings of Gitu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gitu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gitu is the 86,142nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,302,510 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gitu live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gitu is also the 84,000th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 6,189 people.
The surname Gitu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 2,245 people, or 1 in 20,570. In Kenya Gitu is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 22 percent are found and Nyeri County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Gitu is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 37 percent are found and Tanzania, where 11 percent are found.
Gitu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gitu earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 48.14% less than the national average, earning $22,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gitu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gitu in the Bengali language | ||
| গীতু | gitu | 84.62 |
| গিতু | gitu | 15.38 |
| Gitu in the Hindi language | ||
| गीतू | gitu | 77.92 |
| गीतु | gitu | 13.22 |
| गितू | gitu | 2.34 |
| गितु | gitu | 1.93 |
| गीता | gita | 1.77 |
| गीटू | gitu | 1.05 |
| गिटू | gitu | 0.89 |
| गीताु | gitau | 0.64 |
| गिटु | gitu | 0.16 |
| दितु | ditu | 0.08 |
| Gitu in the Marathi language | ||
| गीतु | gitu | 55.17 |
| गीतू | gitu | 37.93 |
| गीटू | gitu | 3.45 |
| गीटु | gitu | 3.45 |
| Gitu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଟୁ | gitu | 33.33 |
| ଗୀତୁ | gitu | 33.33 |
| ଗିତୁ | gitu | 22.22 |
| ଜିତୁ | jitu | 3.17 |
| ଗୀଟୁ | gitu | 1.59 |
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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 Gitu
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