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
The last name Kavau is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 844,382nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. The last name Kavau 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. Kavau is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name on earth, borne by 60 people.
This surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 303 people, or 1 in 7,952. In Namibia Kavau is mostly found in: Kavango West Region, where 99 percent live, Hardap Region, where 0 percent live and Kavango East Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Namibia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Kavau
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