Kauya Surname
Approximately 881 people bear this surname
Kauya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 311 | 1:170,230 | 14,948 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 1:79,938 | 10,532 |
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kauya (247) may also be a first name.
Kauya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kauya (Hindi: कौया, Marathi: काउया, Russian: Кауя) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kauya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 399,363rd most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 8,271,902 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Kauya are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 567,531st most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 247 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 64 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 25 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Malawi, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kauya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kauya in the Hindi language | ||
| कौया | kauya | 80 |
| कौय | kauya | 20 |
| Kauya in the Marathi language | ||
| काउया | ka'uya | 66.67 |
| कौया | kauya | 33.33 |
| Kauya in the Russian language | ||
| Кауя | kaua | - |
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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 Kauya
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