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
The last name Levou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻔﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Levou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found 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 widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 9 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Levou is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Angola, where 13 percent reside.
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
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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 Levou
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