Kahava Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kahava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kahava (113) may also be a first name.
Kahava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahava (Hindi: कहवा, Marathi: काहवा) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Kahava are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kahava is also the 881,625th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 113 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Kahava is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 44 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 44 percent live and Njombe Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahava in the Marathi language | ||
| काहवा | kahava | - |
| Kahava in the Hindi language | ||
| कहवा | kahava | 66.67 |
| कहावा | kahava | 33.33 |
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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 Kahava
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