Kavuyu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kavuyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kavuyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavuyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kavuyu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavuyu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Kavuyu is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kavuyu reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Kavuyu is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 90 percent reside and Mara Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Kavuyu
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