Gaou Surname
Approximately 4,056 people bear this surname
Gaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,609 | 1:6,424 | 877 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Cameroon | 801 | 1:25,929 | 3,533 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Niger | 75 | 1:255,894 | 8,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 61 | 1:378,217 | 13,194 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Gaou (4,056) may also be a first name.
Gaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 114,002nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,796,732 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gaou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Gaou is also the 109,433rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 4,056 people.
The last name Gaou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 1,609 people, or 1 in 6,424. In Benin Gaou is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 81 percent reside, Collines Department, where 6 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Gaou
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