Gamau Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Gamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gamau (69) may also be a first name.
Gamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gamau (Hindi: गमाऊ) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Gamau reside; 49 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 49 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gamau is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 69 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 69 percent reside, Bougainville, where 13 percent reside and Central, where 9 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Gamau is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gamau in the Hindi language | ||
| गमाऊ | gama'u | 25 |
| गमऊ | gama'u | 25 |
| गमउ | gama'u | 25 |
| गामउ | gama'u | 25 |
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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 Gamau
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