Kaou Surname
Approximately 3,095 people bear this surname
Kaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,091 | 1:17,591 | 1,140 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Benin | 431 | 1:23,981 | 3,219 |
| Ivory Coast | 325 | 1:70,988 | 3,981 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Algeria | 143 | 1:270,151 | 27,863 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Kaou (4,369) may also be a first name.
Kaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭ) is most common in Niger. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 143,690th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,354,619 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kaou reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 104,454th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 4,369 people.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 1,091 people, or 1 in 17,591. In Niger it is mostly found in: Diffa Region, where 53 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 32 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭ | kaw | 85.71 |
| ﻛﺎﻭﻭ | kaww | 14.29 |
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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
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- 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 Kaou
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