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 surname Kavou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kavou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavou? popularity and diffusion
Kavou is the 312,825th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,062,850 people. The surname Kavou is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kavou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 220,333rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,280 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,181 people, or 1 in 17,586. In Cameroon Kavou 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. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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