Kaiva Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Kaiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 416 | 1:19,600 | 2,020 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| India | 192 | 1:3,995,132 | 108,566 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kaiva (389) may also be a first name.
Kaiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaiva (Hindi: कैवा, Marathi: कैवा, Russian: Каива) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kaiva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaiva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaiva is the 356,452nd most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 41 percent of Kaiva are found; 41 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 41 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kaiva is also the 439,102nd most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 389 people.
Kaiva is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 19,600. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Gulf, where 29 percent are found, Northern, where 18 percent are found and Central, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Kaiva exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and India, where 19 percent are found.
Kaiva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kaiva has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaiva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiva in the Marathi language | ||
| कैवा | kaiva | - |
| Kaiva in the Hindi language | ||
| कैवा | kaiva | 90 |
| कइवा | ka'iva | 10 |
| Kaiva in the Russian language | ||
| Каива | kaiva | - |
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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 Kaiva
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