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 most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Gunau are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gunau is also the 968,397th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 96 people.
Gunau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Gunau is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 39 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
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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