Kauga Surname
Approximately 1,580 people bear this surname
Kauga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 888 | 1:59,619 | 6,410 |
| Papua New Guinea | 527 | 1:15,472 | 1,502 |
| India | 111 | 1:6,910,499 | 153,869 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kauga (181) may also be a first name.
Kauga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kauga is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kauga is the 250,894th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,612,371 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Kauga are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kauga is also the 677,199th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 181 people.
The surname Kauga is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 888 people, or 1 in 59,619. In Tanzania Kauga is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 53 percent live, Pwani Region, where 18 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Kauga
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