Kaoza Surname
Approximately 874 people bear this surname
Kaoza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kaoza (21) may also be a first name.
Kaoza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaoza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaoza (Arabic: كاوزا) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaoza? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 401,796th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaoza live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kaoza is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaoza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaoza in the Arabic language | ||
| كاوزا | kawza | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kaoza
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