Gauja Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Gauja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 108 | 1:18,982 | 2,852 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Gauja (32) may also be a first name.
Gauja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gauja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gauja (Hindi: गंुजा, Marathi: गंुजा) occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. Gauja is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Gauja live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 32 people.
The last name Gauja is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 18,982. In Latvia Gauja is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 65 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 33 percent live and Latgale, where 1 percent live. Outside of Latvia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gauja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gauja in the Hindi language | ||
| गंुजा | gamuja | - |
| Gauja in the Marathi language | ||
| गंुजा | gamuja | 80 |
| गौजा | gauja | 20 |
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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 Gauja
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