Levou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Levou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Levou (9) may also be a first name.
Levou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Levou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Levou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻔﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Levou? popularity and diffusion
Levou is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Levou live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. Levou is also the 3,941,740th most common given name internationally, held by 9 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Levou is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent are found and North Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Angola, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Levou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Levou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻔﻮ | lfw | - |
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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 Levou
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