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 borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kauye is the 336,565th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,655,293 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 commonly used given name on earth, held by 540 people.
The last name Kauye is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Outside of Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
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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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