Kauwi Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Kauwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 72 | 1:641,388 | 29,005 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kauwi (10) may also be a first name.
Kauwi Demographics
Kauwi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kauwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kauwi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauwi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,849,867th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kauwi reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 641,388. In Kenya Kauwi is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 99 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Kauwi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kauwi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis