Gatau Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Gatau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gatau (19) may also be a first name.
Gatau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gatau (Hindi: गताऊ, Russian: Гатау) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gatau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Gatau are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 33 percent reside, Sokoto, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gatau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gatau in the Hindi language | ||
| गताऊ | gata'u | 50 |
| गटउ | gata'u | 16.67 |
| गतऊ | gata'u | 16.67 |
| गटऊ | gata'u | 16.67 |
| Gatau in the Russian language | ||
| Гатау | gatau | - |
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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 Gatau
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