Gauis Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Gauis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gauis (200) may also be a first name.
Gauis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gauis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gauis is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gauis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gauis reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gauis is also the 640,739th most frequently used first name globally, held by 200 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Gauis is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 27 percent reside, Kaduna, where 25 percent reside and Gombe, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gauis
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