Gateu Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Gateu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 76 | 1:615,158 | 28,427 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gateu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gateu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gateu occurs most in Spain. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gateu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Gateu live; 51 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent live in Iberian Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 615,158. In Spain Gateu is most prevalent in: Catalonia, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Spain it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gateu
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