Gandau Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Gandau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gandau (170) may also be a first name.
Gandau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gandau (Hindi: गंदऊ, Russian: Гандау) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gandau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,628,521st most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Gandau live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 701,320th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 170 people.
Gandau is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Gandau is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 76 percent are found, Gombe, where 14 percent are found and Sokoto, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gandau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gandau in the Hindi language | ||
| गंदऊ | ganda'u | 62.5 |
| गंदाऊ | ganda'u | 25 |
| गंदाउ | ganda'u | 12.5 |
| Gandau in the Russian language | ||
| Гандау | gandau | - |
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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 Gandau
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