Gamvou Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Gamvou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Gamvou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamvou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamvou occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gamvou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamvou? popularity and diffusion
Gamvou is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gamvou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Gamvou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 54 percent are found, North Region, where 43 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gamvou
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