Kavaye Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Kavaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kavaye (225) may also be a first name.
Kavaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kavaye is most common in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kavaye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kavaye is also the 599,828th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 225 people.
The last name Kavaye is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Kavaye is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 98 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found and North Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, 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
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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 Kavaye
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