Kâ Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Barbados

Kâ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kâ Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Ka (464,634), Ká (15), Kå (6), Kà (2) & Kā (1) are calculated separately.

Kâ Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kâ is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ka, Ká, Kå, Kà or Kā. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kâ? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kâ is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kâ reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 38 percent live and Barbados, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ka83464,634/
Ká8315/
Kå836/
Kà832/
Kā831/
Kâh802/
Kaâ801/
K676,101/

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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 Kâ
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