Kawou Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Kawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Niger | 128 | 1:149,938 | 5,494 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kawou (96) may also be a first name.
Kawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawou? popularity and diffusion
Kawou is the 874,560th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. The last name Kawou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawou are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 968,397th most widely held given name in the world, held by 96 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 130,623. In Cameroon Kawou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 31 percent are found, Far North Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 19 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Kawou is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 41 percent are found and Benin, where 5 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 Kawou
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