Mavou Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Mavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mavou (26) may also be a first name.
Mavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mavou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mavou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. Mavou is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mavou live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.
Mavou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Mavou is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 73 percent reside, West Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent reside and France, where 2 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 Mavou
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