Kastawi Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Suriname

Kastawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kastawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Suriname11:552,6169,664
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kastawi (1,641) may also be a first name.

Kastawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kastawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kastawi occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kastawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Kastawi occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Kastawi reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kastawi is also the 190,298th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 1,641 people.

The surname Kastawi is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 3,673,589. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Central Java, where 56 percent reside, West Java, where 28 percent reside and Bengkulu, where 8 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 24 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khastawi93100/
Kastawa86275/
Kastavi8678/
Kastawe869/
Kastewi868/
Castawi866/
Kastawy861/
Qashtawi8074/
Kasthawa805/
Khastewi801/
Khastabi801/
Kostawich7527/
Kostabi7188/
Kostawa7127/
Kastava7116/
Kastavy711/
Castaway6750/
Kastauva673/
Kostobai671/
Kastabey671/
Kostaway671/
Kastoviy671/

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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 Kastawi
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