Family name Гауда (Gauda 
, Гауда 
, Gaouda 
) , in the entire world, is a widespread cognomen. The cognomen Гауда is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common surname, Libya, where it is quite a rare surname, and Oman, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Germany, and Algeria. Much less frequently, Гауда is the forename as well as the last name.