Kavou Surname
Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname
Kavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,181 | 1:17,586 | 2,407 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Kavou (1,280) may also be a first name.
Kavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kavou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 312,825th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,062,850 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kavou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kavou is also the 220,333rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,280 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,181 people, or 1 in 17,586. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 83 percent are found, North Region, where 9 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 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
- 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 Kavou
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