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/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahawala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 541,435th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
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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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