Kaahwa Surname
Approximately 19,791 people bear this surname
Kaahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19,778 | 1:1,974 | 297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kaahwa (203) may also be a first name.
Kaahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaahwa occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaahwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 27,147th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 368,225 people. The last name Kaahwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaahwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 635,584th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 203 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 19,778 people, or 1 in 1,974. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Hoima District, where 50 percent live, Kibaale District, where 13 percent live and Masindi District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Uganda it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kaahwa
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