Cauve Surname
Approximately 996 people bear this surname
Cauve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 872 | 1:32,662 | 1,215 |
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Cauvé (7) are calculated separately.
Cauve (65) may also be a first name.
Cauve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cauve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cauve is more frequently found in Nepal than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Cauvé. For other potential spellings of Cauve click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cauve? popularity and diffusion
It is the 362,813th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,316,813 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Cauve live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 65 people.
Cauve is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is borne by 872 people, or 1 in 32,662. In Nepal it is mostly concentrated in: Lumbini, where 65 percent reside, Narayani, where 22 percent reside and Janakpur, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nepal this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent reside and France, where 4 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 Cauve
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