Kaave Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Kaave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 429 | 1:412,920 | 21,515 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
The alternate forms: Kaavé (7) are calculated separately.
Kaave (50) may also be a first name.
Kaave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaave occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kaavé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaave? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 677,464th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. Kaave is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaave live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 429 people, or 1 in 412,920. In Nigeria Kaave is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 84 percent are found, Taraba, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Kaave
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