Kavau Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Kavau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 303 | 1:7,952 | 1,542 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kavau (60) may also be a first name.
Kavau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavau occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kavau is the 844,382nd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kavau reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common first name world-wide, held by 60 people.
The surname is most widespread in Namibia, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 7,952. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Kavango West Region, where 99 percent are found, Hardap Region, where 0 percent are found and Kavango East Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, 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
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- 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 Kavau
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