Gaoui Surname
Approximately 1,498 people bear this surname
Gaoui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| Algeria | 602 | 1:64,172 | 10,590 |
| France | 97 | 1:684,770 | 87,242 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Gàoui (1) are calculated separately.
Gaoui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaoui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaoui (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻱ) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It can be found in the variant forms: Gàoui. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaoui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 261,888th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,864,850 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gaoui reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Gaoui is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is borne by 784 people, or 1 in 43,975. Other than Morocco this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 40 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaoui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaoui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭﻱ | kawy | - |
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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 Gaoui
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