Kakovu Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Kakovu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Kakovu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakovu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakovu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakovu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,152,526th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Kakovu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakovu are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 293,517. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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 Kakovu
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