Gasou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gasou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gasou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gasou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gasou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺳﻮ) is most common in Algeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gasou? popularity and diffusion
Gasou is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gasou live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,657,888. In Algeria Gasou is primarily found in: Illizi Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Algeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gasou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gasou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺳﻮ | kasw | - |
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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 Gasou
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