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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kouvou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,268th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 968,702 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kouvou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kouvou is also the 78,331st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 6,900 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7,519 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 89 percent are found, North Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 0 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Kouvou
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