Gaoua Surname
Approximately 3,391 people bear this surname
Gaoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,548 | 1:15,162 | 2,725 |
| France | 440 | 1:150,961 | 23,407 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 159 | 1:145,102 | 6,841 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gaoua (192) may also be a first name.
Gaoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaoua is most common in Algeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 133,007th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,149,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Gaoua are found; 80 percent are found in North Africa and 80 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 655,603rd most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 192 people.
Gaoua is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,548 people, or 1 in 15,162. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 23 percent are found, Béjaïa Province, where 22 percent are found and Sétif Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Algeria this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent are found and Morocco, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Gaoua
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