Cav Surname
Approximately 4,739 people bear this surname
Cav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 3,863 | 1:4,009 | 641 |
| Turkey | 497 | 1:156,582 | 12,241 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
The alternate forms: Çav (1) are calculated separately.
Cav (16,471) may also be a first name.
Cav Demographics
Average Cav Salary in
England
£23,485
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Cav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cav is found most in Cambodia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Çav. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cav? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 99,794th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,537,781 people. The last name Cav occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Cav reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. Cav is also the 43,508th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 16,471 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cambodia, where it is borne by 3,863 people, or 1 in 4,009. In Cambodia Cav is most prevalent in: Phnom Penh, where 24 percent reside, Kandal Province, where 18 percent reside and Kampong Thom Province, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Cambodia Cav occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 10 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Çav | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chav | 86 | 4,284 | / |
| Ciav | 86 | 1,997 | / |
| Caiv | 86 | 6 | / |
| Caev | 86 | 3 | / |
| Csav | 86 | 3 | / |
| Cavt | 86 | 3 | / |
| Cauv | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cavs | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gcav | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cavp | 86 | 2 | / |
| Scav | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tcav | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cavf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cgav | 86 | 1 | / |
| Catv | 86 | 1 | / |
| Caav | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cavz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cheav | 75 | 143 | / |
| Chauv | 75 | 133 | / |
| Sceav | 75 | 17 | / |
| Chhav | 75 | 14 | / |
| Chaiv | 75 | 11 | / |
| Chaav | 75 | 7 | / |
| Chavh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Cavtt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cqqav | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ccauv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ciahv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cauvs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cashv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Caivs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sav | 67 | 120,602 | / |
| Cab | 67 | 44,688 | / |
| Cap | 67 | 19,440 | / |
| Kav | 67 | 3,193 | / |
| Caf | 67 | 1,674 | / |
| Jav | 67 | 1,312 | / |
| Caw | 67 | 656 | / |
| Capová | 67 | 514 | / |
| Chheav | 67 | 100 | / |
| Capova | 67 | 58 | / |
| Cov | 67 | 37 | / |
| Zav | 67 | 34 | / |
| Cabová | 67 | 22 | / |
| Cabova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Qav | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chhauv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chhaiv | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Cav
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