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 last name Gaoua is found most frequently in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaoua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 133,007th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,149,085 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Gaoua live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Mahgreb. Gaoua is also the 655,603rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 192 people.
The surname Gaoua is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 2,548 people, or 1 in 15,162. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 23 percent reside, Béjaïa Province, where 22 percent reside and Sétif Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent reside and Morocco, where 5 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
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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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