Gunau Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gunau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gunau (96) may also be a first name.
Gunau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gunau (Hindi: गुनाऊ, Marathi: गुनाऊ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gunau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Gunau live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 968,397th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 96 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 39 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gunau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gunau in the Marathi language | ||
| गुनाऊ | guna'u | - |
| Gunau in the Hindi language | ||
| गुनाऊ | guna'u | 58.97 |
| गुनऊ | guna'u | 20.51 |
| गुनाउ | guna'u | 10.26 |
| गुनउ | guna'u | 5.13 |
| गुनउआ | guna'u'a | 2.56 |
| गुनाउू | gunauu | 2.56 |
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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 Gunau
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