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
The surname Cav is borne by more people in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Çav. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cav? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 99,794th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,537,781 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16,471 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is borne by 3,863 people, or 1 in 4,009. In Cambodia it is most common in: Phnom Penh, where 24 percent reside, Kandal Province, where 18 percent reside and Kampong Thom Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Cambodia this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs 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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