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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Gafau occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gafau live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gafau is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 41 percent live, Oyo, where 36 percent live and Ogun, where 22 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.
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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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