Gaitou Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gaitou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 65 | 1:170,458 | 27,584 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Gaïtou (2) are calculated separately.
Gaitou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaitou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaitou is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Gaïtou. Click here for other possible spellings of Gaitou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaitou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaitou is the 2,061,309th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Gaitou occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Gaitou reside; 78 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The last name Gaitou is most frequently held in Greece, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 170,458. In Greece Gaitou is most frequent in: Attica, where 55 percent live and South Aegean, where 45 percent live. Beside Greece Gaitou occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Gaitou
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