Gazau Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Gazau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Gazau (10) may also be a first name.
Gazau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gazau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gazau is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gazau? popularity and diffusion
Gazau is the 2,352,516th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gazau reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
The last name Gazau is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Gazau is mostly found in: Plateau, where 56 percent reside, Sokoto, where 23 percent reside and Kaduna, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Gazau occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 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 Gazau
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