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
The last name Gasou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺳﻮ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gasou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gasou are found; 67 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname Gasou is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,657,888. In Algeria Gasou is most numerous in: Illizi Province, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
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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