Gavou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Gavou (751) may also be a first name.
Gavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavou has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Gavou live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Gavou is also the 299,937th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 751 people.
It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France Gavou is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 33 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 33 percent are found and Occitanie, where 33 percent are found. Aside from France this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Benin, where 11 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 Gavou
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