Zavou Surname
Approximately 926 people bear this surname
Zavou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 620 | 1:6,605 | 751 |
| Greece | 195 | 1:56,819 | 9,486 |
| Cyprus | 73 | 1:12,122 | 1,394 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zavou (14) may also be a first name.
Zavou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zavou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zavou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻓﻮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zavou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 384,027th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,869,920 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Zavou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name in the world It is held by 14 people.
The last name Zavou is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 6,605. In Mauritania Zavou is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 97 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 2 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 21 percent reside and Cyprus, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zavou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zavou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﻓﻮ | zafw | 93.94 |
| ﺯﺍﻑ | zaf | 4.55 |
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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 Zavou
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