Gauya Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Gauya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gauya (58) may also be a first name.
Gauya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gauya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gauya (Hindi: गौया, Marathi: गौया, Russian: Гауя) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gauya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gauya is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Gauya reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 58 people.
The last name Gauya is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Gauya exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gauya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gauya in the Marathi language | ||
| गौया | gauya | - |
| Gauya in the Hindi language | ||
| गौया | gauya | 83.33 |
| गौय | gauya | 16.67 |
| Gauya in the Russian language | ||
| Гауя | gaua | - |
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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 Gauya
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