Ngavou Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Ngavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 81 | 1:61,594 | 5,562 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
Ngavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngavou has its highest incidence in The Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngavou? popularity and diffusion
Ngavou is the 2,020,555th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngavou live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 61,594. In The Congo Ngavou is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 85 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 11 percent live and Lékoumou Department, where 1 percent live. Outside of The Congo it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ngavou
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