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
Gaou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 114,002nd most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,796,732 people. The last name Gaou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gaou are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 109,433rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 4,056 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 1,609 people, or 1 in 6,424. In Benin Gaou is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 81 percent live, Collines Department, where 6 percent live and Borgou Department, where 6 percent live. Beside Benin this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 28 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 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 Gaou
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