Cawaya Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Cawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Cawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cawaya is most common in The Philippines. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cawaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Cawaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cawaya is the 2,876,555th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Cawaya live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Cawaya is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 2,354,377. In The Philippines Cawaya is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 70 percent are found, Soccsksargen, where 28 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Cawaya
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