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 Male Cav Height
175.69 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cav is more commonly found in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Çav. Click here for further potential spellings of Cav.
How Common Is The Last Name Cav? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cav is the 99,794th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,537,781 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Cav reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 43,508th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 16,471 people.
The surname Cav is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is carried by 3,863 people, or 1 in 4,009. In Cambodia it is mostly concentrated in: Phnom Penh, where 24 percent are found, Kandal Province, where 18 percent are found and Kampong Thom Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Cambodia this surname is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 10 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
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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