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 last name Kauya (Hindi: कौया, Marathi: काउया, Russian: Кауя) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kauya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 399,363rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,271,902 people. This surname is predominantly 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 occurring first name at a global level, held by 247 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 170,230. In Tanzania Kauya is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 64 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 25 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Kauya occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Malawi, where 15 percent reside.
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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