Gaunan Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gaunan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gaunan (12) may also be a first name.
Gaunan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaunan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaunan occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaunan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Gaunan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gaunan live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sabah, where 71 percent live and Pahang, where 29 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
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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 Gaunan
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