Gaouta Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Gaouta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
Gaouta (23) may also be a first name.
Gaouta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaouta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaouta is found most frequently in Niger. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaouta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Gaouta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaouta reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger Gaouta is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 98 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Niger it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 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 Gaouta
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