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 more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Gamau is mostly found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Gamau are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gamau is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 69 people.
The surname Gamau is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 69 percent live, Bougainville, where 13 percent live and Central, where 9 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and Malaysia, where 10 percent live.
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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