Kakava Surname
Approximately 1,234 people bear this surname
Kakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 575 | 1:19,269 | 2,789 |
| India | 208 | 1:3,687,814 | 102,900 |
| Zimbabwe | 202 | 1:76,427 | 11,271 |
| Abkhazia | 123 | 1:1,975 | 475 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Georgia | 15 | 1:249,703 | 13,078 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Kakava (65) may also be a first name.
Kakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakava (Georgian: კაკავა, Marathi: काकवा, Russian: Какава) occurs most in Greece. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 306,393rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,905,629 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Kakava live; 47 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 47 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 65 people.
Kakava is most frequently used in Greece, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 19,269. In Greece Kakava is most prevalent in: Attica, where 36 percent are found, Central Greece, where 24 percent are found and Western Greece, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Greece this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakava in the Georgian language | ||
| კაკავა | kakava | - |
| Kakava in the Marathi language | ||
| काकवा | kakava | 91.33 |
| ककवा | kakava | 4 |
| काकावा | kakava | 2.67 |
| काकडी | kakadi | 0.67 |
| कांकवा | kankava | 0.67 |
| Kakava in the Russian language | ||
| Какава | kakava | - |
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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 Kakava
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