Cavelho Surname
Approximately 2,220 people bear this surname
Cavelho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2,169 | 1:12,443 | 1,529 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
Cavelho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cavelho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cavelho is found in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cavelho? popularity and diffusion
It is the 190,196th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,282,678 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Cavelho reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
The surname Cavelho is most widespread in Angola, where it is held by 2,169 people, or 1 in 12,443. Barring Angola this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 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 Cavelho
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