Kajava Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Kajava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 403 | 1:13,639 | 2,035 |
| Sweden | 59 | 1:166,894 | 11,603 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kajava (99) may also be a first name.
Kajava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kajava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kajava (Marathi: काजवा) is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kajava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 584,278th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Kajava are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 951,070th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 99 people.
The surname Kajava is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 13,639. In Finland Kajava is primarily concentrated in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 31 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 26 percent reside and Northern Savonia, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Finland this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 11 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kajava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kajava in the Marathi language | ||
| काजवा | kajava | 93.1 |
| काजाव | kajava | 6.9 |
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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 Kajava
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