Gafau Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Gafau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Gafau (35) may also be a first name.
Gafau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafau is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. Gafau occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gafau are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
The surname Gafau is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 41 percent are found, Oyo, where 36 percent are found and Ogun, where 22 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Gafau occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 5 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gafau
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