Eau Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Eau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia501:589,88428,692
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

The alternate forms: Éau (1) are calculated separately.

Eau (662) may also be a first name.

Eau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Eau is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Éau. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,596,935th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Eau is primarily found in Asia, where 54 percent of Eau reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 39 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 322,620th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 662 people.

The surname Eau is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 589,884. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kedah, where 30 percent live, Penang, where 30 percent live and Perak, where 14 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Eau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Eau surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

Eau earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.76% less than the national average, earning $28,580 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Éau891/
Heau86267/
Ehau8618/
Eayu862/
Eahu862/
Eaou861/
E'Au861/
Ea804,674/
Etayu75473/
Esayu75189/
D'Eau7556/
Hehau757/
Ehaus752/
Eahou751/
Heaou751/
Heahu751/
Uieau751/
Eaoud751/
Gea6749,209/
Eja677,407/
Jau676,907/
Ieu672,789/
Eha672,769/
Yea671,832/
Eyu671,629/
Eju671,156/
Ehu67938/
Jeu67701/
Hea67570/
Joyeau67446/
Jea67350/
Eah6751/
Eeu6747/
Eea6726/
Iea6721/
Eoa6717/
Eaa6716/
Eou6715/
Eiu6713/
E'A6712/
Eaj6710/
E'U679/
Vaneau678/
Jaieau677/
Ehaust677/
Echaue676/
Etayhu674/
Esahju671/
Eahuja671/
Eshaiu671/
Eyeayu671/
Ehauyi671/
Hesaue671/
Eahujo671/
Etayus671/
Etuyau671/
Jujeau671/

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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 Eau
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