Gavau Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gavau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gavau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavau (Marathi: गावउ) is most common in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Gavau are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Gavau is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavau in the Marathi language | ||
| गावउ | gava'u | 60.87 |
| गवउ | gava'u | 34.78 |
| गावऊ | gava'u | 4.35 |
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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 Gavau
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