Gát Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Gát Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gát Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary461:213,39717,734
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Gat (21,793) & Gâţ (1) are calculated separately.

Gát Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gát Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gát occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gat or Gâţ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gát? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gát is the 2,843,861st most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Gát is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gát live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 213,397. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 76 percent live, Csongrád County, where 17 percent live and Pest County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Hungary it occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gat8921,793/
Gáts8627/
Gáth8620/
Gátt861/
Gâţ781/
Gászt751/
Got673,995/
Gáj6732/
Gáľ6717/
Gót679/
Gáč678/
Gáy674/
Gáh671/
Gòt671/
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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 Gát
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