Gauji Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Gauji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gauji (95) may also be a first name.
Gauji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gauji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gauji (Hindi: गौजी, Marathi: गऊजी, Oriya: େଗୗଜି) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gauji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,168,344th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gauji reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most widely held given name globally, borne by 95 people.
The last name Gauji is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria Gauji is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 76 percent reside, Adamawa, where 11 percent reside and Yobe, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent reside and Singapore, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gauji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gauji in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗୗଜି | egaji | - |
| Gauji in the Hindi language | ||
| गौजी | gauji | 60 |
| गाउजी | ga'uji | 40 |
| Gauji in the Marathi language | ||
| गऊजी | ga'uji | 39.29 |
| गौजी | gauji | 28.57 |
| गउजी | ga'uji | 17.86 |
| गाऊजी | ga'uji | 8.93 |
| गंुजी | gamuji | 5.36 |
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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 Gauji
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