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
Kawou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 874,560th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawou live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 968,397th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 96 people.
The last name Kawou is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 130,623. In Cameroon Kawou is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 31 percent reside, Far North Region, where 24 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 41 percent reside and Benin, where 5 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
- 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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