Kaivala Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Kaivala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 146 | 1:16,503 | 2,958 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kaivala (84) may also be a first name.
Kaivala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaivala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaivala (Hindi: कैवला, Marathi: कैवला) is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaivala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,422,956th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kaivala live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kaivala is also the 1,046,220th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 84 people.
The last name Kaivala is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 16,503. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Omusati Region, where 73 percent live and Ohangwena Region, where 27 percent live. Other than Namibia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaivala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaivala in the Marathi language | ||
| कैवला | kaivala | 90 |
| भावलाल | bhavalala | 3.33 |
| कैवाला | kaivala | 3.33 |
| अिनल | ainala | 3.33 |
| Kaivala in the Hindi language | ||
| कैवला | kaivala | 83.33 |
| क्ैवला | kaivala | 16.67 |
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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 Kaivala
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