Kahawala Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Kahawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kahawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahawala occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahawala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 541,435th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. Kahawala occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kahawala reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Other than Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Australia, 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 Kahawala
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