Gagauz Surname
Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname
Gagauz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 798 | 1:4,463 | 643 |
| Russia | 449 | 1:320,987 | 32,444 |
| Transnistria | 48 | 1:9,890 | 1,998 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 1:436,182 | 20,063 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gagauz (10) may also be a first name.
Gagauz Demographics
Gagauz Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Gagauz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagauz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gagauz (Russian: Гагауз) is more frequently found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gagauz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagauz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gagauz is the 282,110th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,331,050 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Gagauz are found; 78 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Gagauz is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name globally It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most widespread in Moldova, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 4,463. In Moldova Gagauz is most common in: Găgăuzia, where 77 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 10 percent are found and Taraclia District, where 4 percent are found. Beside Moldova Gagauz occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent are found and Transnistria, where 4 percent are found.
Gagauz Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gagauz last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Gagauz surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagauz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagauz in the Russian language | ||
| Гагауз | gagauz | - |
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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 Gagauz
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