Family name Гатис (Gatis 
, Гатис 
) , all over the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Гатис is characteristic of British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Greece, where it is quite a rare surname, and Latvia. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Greece, Brazil, and Philippines. More frequently, Гатис is the forename as well as the last name.