Bavou Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Bavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Bavou (48) may also be a first name.
Bavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bavou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bavou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,683,218th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Bavou occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Bavou live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bavou is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 48 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 58 percent live, Littoral Region, where 17 percent live and West Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Fiji, where 8 percent live.
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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 Bavou
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