Gawau Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gawau is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gawau.
How Common Is The Last Name Gawau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gawau is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Gawau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Gawau live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Gawau is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 14 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 Gawau
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