Kouvou Surname
Approximately 7,523 people bear this surname
Kouvou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7,519 | 1:2,762 | 317 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kouvou (6,900) may also be a first name.
Kouvou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kouvou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kouvou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouvou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouvou is the 66,268th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 968,702 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouvou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kouvou is also the 78,331st most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 6,900 people.
The surname Kouvou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7,519 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 89 percent reside, North Region, where 10 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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 Kouvou
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