Kauye Surname
Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname
Kauye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| Tanzania | 193 | 1:274,309 | 21,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kauye (540) may also be a first name.
Kauye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kauye is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 336,565th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,655,293 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kauye are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kauye is also the 362,702nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 540 people.
The surname Kauye is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Other than Malawi Kauye exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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 Kauye
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