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 is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kouvou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouvou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kouvou is the 66,268th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 968,702 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouvou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 78,331st most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 6,900 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7,519 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 89 percent reside, North Region, where 10 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Kouvou occurs 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
- 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 Kouvou
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