Gayaou Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Gayaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 367 | 1:56,591 | 7,305 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
Gayaou (440) may also be a first name.
Gayaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gayaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gayaou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gayaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gayaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gayaou is the 739,868th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gayaou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Gayaou is also the 408,694th most frequently held given name globally, held by 440 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 56,591. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 70 percent reside, North Region, where 30 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Gayaou
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