Djau
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries
/d͡ʒaw/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated
Djau is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guinea-Bissau than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common surname.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 39Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 494K
- ESSpain1 in 562K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Djau itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Guinea-Bissau (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 82 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 460 (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,800 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Guinea-Bissau, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Djaou in FR France, DZ Algeria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Djau counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW Guinea-Bissau | #7 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 460 | — | Djau | 12 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 115K | listed | Djaou | 5 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Djau | 26 |
| FR France | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 368K | 34 | Djaou | 82 |
| ES Spain | — | 89 | 1 in 562K | 89 | Djau | 6 |
| CV Cape Verde | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Djau | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 89 | #29,979 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 89 | #29,771 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Djau?
- It depends on the language: in Portuguese /d͡ʒaw/; in Indonesian /d͡ʒa͡ʊ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Djau have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Djau in Guinea-Bissau, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled djau.
- How common is the name Djau?
- In Spain, the national register counted 89 people named Djau, about 1 in 562 thousand residents.
- How common is Djau compared with other names?
- In Guinea-Bissau, Djau is the 7th most common surname of 221 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Djau?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/djauThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Djau” — the 7th most common surname in Guinea-Bissau. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.