Cawis Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cawis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cawis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2941:344,34846,608
Indonesia521:2,543,254149,807
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Cawis (134) may also be a first name.

Cawis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cawis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cawis occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cawis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 791,719th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Cawis are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Cawis is also the 800,975th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 134 people.

The last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 344,348. In The Philippines Cawis is mostly found in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 61 percent reside, Ilocos, where 26 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 4 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chawis916/
Cawish912/
Chawish831/
Cavis80231/
Zawis80160/
Kawis80132/
Cabis8086/
Cawic8011/
Cawes805/
Cowis804/
Chaiwise771/
Chavis7317,336/
Cabais732,455/
Cawich73741/
Kawish73398/
Covais73367/
Zawisz73200/
Caubis7374/
Chawes7367/
Chabis7362/
Cavish7362/
Cavies7358/
Chowis7351/
Cabois7345/
Cavise7339/
Cahuis7337/
Cavois7330/
Cauvis7323/
Caibes7317/
Kawise7315/
Cavais7311/
Caways739/
Caives737/
Cawest736/
Cobais734/
Cabuis734/
Caibis734/
Cavios732/
Cowies732/
Cabish731/
Cowish731/
Coswis731/
Kahwis731/
Zawish731/
Zaiwis731/
Qaweis731/
Dcavis731/
Kawist731/
Cowiss731/
Casuis731/
Cayuis731/
Ciabis731/
Qawish731/
Kawais731/
Cawese730/
Cajvis730/
Caviss730/
Kawishe673,019/
Kawitsh671,281/
Chavois67133/
Qahwish6755/
Chaives6747/
Chawyos6734/
Kahwish6731/
Chabois6726/
Chaubis6722/
Khawais6720/
Cheavis6717/
Kawaish6710/
Kaweish679/
Chovais677/
Chavais675/
Kaewish674/
Cahwich674/
Chavios673/
Khawish673/
Chaiwes673/
Cawitch673/
Zawisch673/
Chavish672/
Cassuis672/
Coewiss672/
Kahweis671/
Khawise671/
Chaibis671/
Chaivis671/
Cahuish671/
Cauvise671/
Chhabis671/
Chaveis671/
Dchavis671/
Chaviss671/
Chauvis671/
Caubeis670/
Chavuis670/

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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 Cawis
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