Kachwa Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Kachwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 473 | 1:1,621,703 | 59,529 |
| Uganda | 53 | 1:736,590 | 36,183 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kachwa (10) may also be a first name.
Kachwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kachwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kachwa (Marathi: कच्, Oriya: େଲାହାର) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 590,896th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Kachwa live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kachwa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 473 people, or 1 in 1,621,703. In India it is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 44 percent live, Assam, where 26 percent live and Telangana, where 15 percent live. Aside from India Kachwa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kachwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kachwa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାହାର | elahara | - |
| Kachwa in the Marathi language | ||
| कच् | kac | 66.67 |
| कच्छवा | kacchava | 22.22 |
| कछवा | kachava | 11.11 |
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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 Kachwa
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