Kahwai Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Kahwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 460 | 1:100,391 | 8,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kahwai (221) may also be a first name.
Kahwai Demographics
Kahwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kahwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahwai (Oriya: କାାଇ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 588,441st most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. Kahwai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kahwai reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kahwai is also the 606,684th most common first name in the world, held by 221 people.
The last name Kahwai is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 460 people, or 1 in 100,391. In Kenya Kahwai is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 27 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 22 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 19 percent reside. Other than Kenya Kahwai exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
Kahwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kahwai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kahwai in the Oriya language | ||
| କାାଇ | kaa'i | - |
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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 Kahwai
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