Gikau Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Gikau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Gikau (12) may also be a first name.
Gikau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gikau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gikau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gikau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Gikau are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
Gikau is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: National Capital District, where 53 percent reside, Chimbu, where 21 percent reside and Morobe, where 21 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 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
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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 Gikau
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