Kauwa Surname
Approximately 2,564 people bear this surname
Kauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,778 | 1:9,628 | 1,495 |
| Nigeria | 375 | 1:472,381 | 23,815 |
| Papua New Guinea | 240 | 1:33,974 | 3,987 |
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Poland | 39 | 1:974,583 | 70,126 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kauwa (531) may also be a first name.
Kauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kauwa (Hindi: कौवा) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 168,523rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,842,257 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kauwa live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 366,022nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 531 people.
The last name Kauwa is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 1,778 people, or 1 in 9,628. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| कौवा | kauva | 42.86 |
| कउवा | ka'uva | 42.86 |
| काऊवा | ka'uva | 14.29 |
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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 Kauwa
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