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In the world, Tau (Tau
, Tou
, Tog
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Tau is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, Algeria, where it is quite a common dominantly male, but seldom girly name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Algeria, India, and South Africa. Likewise, Tau is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Tau | Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Lesotho, Indonesia, South Africa |
| Tou | Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Algeria, South Africa |
| Tog | Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Algeria, South Africa |
| טאו | Israel |
Tau is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tou Ryuga , the Mahoromatic's character.