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Where Does The Last Name Gau Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Gau (Bengali: গৌ, Hindi: गौ, Marathi: गौ, Oriya: ଗାଉ, Russian: Гау, Tibetan: གའུ་) is found most frequently in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gấu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gau? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Gau is the 6,825^th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 87,878 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Gau live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gau is also the 43,980^th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 16,234 people.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 58,542 people, or 1 in 13,103. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Tripura, where 0 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Outside of India this last name occurs in 86 countries. It is also common in Vietnam, where 8 percent are found and South Sudan, where 5 percent are found.

Gau Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gau has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,826 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 860 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gau Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Gau last name are 9.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.54% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gau earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.91% less than the national average, earning 242,560 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.57% less than the national average, earning R 50,928 per year; in United States they earn 14.38% more than the national average, earning $49,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.8% more than the national average, earning $56,538 CAD per year.