Gado Surname
Approximately 96,146 people bear this surname
Gado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 34,526 | 1:556 | 91 |
| Egypt | 17,847 | 1:5,151 | 660 |
| Nigeria | 14,619 | 1:12,117 | 1,241 |
| Benin | 13,570 | 1:762 | 79 |
| Togo | 5,250 | 1:1,381 | 132 |
| Philippines | 4,660 | 1:21,725 | 2,774 |
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 574 | 1:40,194 | 2,604 |
| Tanzania | 429 | 1:123,407 | 11,679 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Indonesia | 250 | 1:528,997 | 42,886 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Cameroon | 222 | 1:93,554 | 11,174 |
| United States | 221 | 1:1,640,086 | 109,636 |
| India | 217 | 1:3,534,864 | 100,127 |
| Pakistan | 190 | 1:940,231 | 12,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 177 | 1:46,066 | 5,702 |
| Brazil | 165 | 1:1,297,420 | 44,380 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| Italy | 152 | 1:402,347 | 44,981 |
| United Arab Emirates | 73 | 1:125,511 | 10,390 |
| Burkina Faso | 70 | 1:262,173 | 5,001 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Solomon Islands | 49 | 1:11,837 | 2,134 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Croatia | 36 | 1:117,461 | 17,621 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Gadó (273) & Gaďo (33) are calculated separately.
Gado (42,350) may also be a first name.
Gado Demographics
Gado Political Affiliation
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Gado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gado Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gado (Arabic: غادو, Bengali: গাড়ো, Hindi: गदो, Marathi: गदो, Oriya: ଗଡ, Russian: Гадьо, Tibetan: དགའ་རྡོ།) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Gadó or Gaďo. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gado? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gado is the 5,868th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 75,797 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gado live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 21,210th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 42,350 people.
Gado is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 34,526 people, or 1 in 556. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 33 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 22 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Niger this surname exists in 79 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Gado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gado has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gado surname grew 2,009 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gado Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (82%) in Nigeria and Catholic (44%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Gado last name are 11.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.22% being registered with the party.
The amount Gado earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.76% less than the national average, earning R 119,388 per year; in United States they earn 2.11% less than the national average, earning $42,240 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.93% more than the national average, earning $50,643 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gado Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gado in the Bengali language | ||
| গাড়ো | garo | - |
| Gado in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଡ | gada | - |
| Gado in the Marathi language | ||
| गदो | gado | 84.3 |
| गाडो | gado | 9.09 |
| गादो | gado | 3.31 |
| गडो | gado | 3.31 |
| Gado in the Hindi language | ||
| गदो | gado | 60 |
| गाडो | gado | 20 |
| गादो | gado | 10 |
| गडो | gado | 10 |
| Gado in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་རྡོ། | gado | 39.58 |
| དགའ་མདོག། | gadok | 27.08 |
| དགའ་རྡོ་ | gado | 14.58 |
| དགའ་མདོག་ | gadok | 4.17 |
| དགའ་མདོ། | gado | 4.17 |
| དགའ་མདོ་ | gado | 4.17 |
| དགའ་བདོ་ | gado | 2.08 |
| ག་མདོག། | gadok | 2.08 |
| ག་མདོག་ | gadok | 2.08 |
| Gado in the Russian language | ||
| Гадьо | gado | - |
| Gado in the Arabic language | ||
| غادو | ghadw | - |
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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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