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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Gatau is primarily found 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. Gatau is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 33 percent are found, Sokoto, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
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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