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
Gauis occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gauis is the 1,755,741st most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Gauis is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gauis are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gauis is also the 640,739th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 200 people.
Gauis is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Gauis is most numerous in: Plateau, where 27 percent are found, Kaduna, where 25 percent are found and Gombe, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 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 Gauis
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