Sivou Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sivou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sivou (27) may also be a first name.
Sivou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sivou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sivou is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sivou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sivou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Sivou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sivou are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Sivou is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 27 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found and North Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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 Sivou
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