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) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,955,159th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Gatau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Gatau reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name on earth, held by 19 people.
The surname Gatau is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Gatau is most numerous in: Plateau, where 33 percent are found, Sokoto, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found 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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