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 can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 590,896th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. The surname Kachwa is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kachwa are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 10 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 473 people, or 1 in 1,621,703. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 44 percent reside, Assam, where 26 percent reside and Telangana, where 15 percent reside. Apart from India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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