Kava Surname
Approximately 19,655 people bear this surname
Kava Surname User-submission:
Origin: Poland.
Meaning: coffee, derived from, kawka, meaning 'jackdaw'.
There are also a lot of Kawas from Germany.
Kava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15,118 | 1:50,739 | 3,495 |
| Brazil | 705 | 1:303,652 | 11,712 |
| United States | 591 | 1:613,298 | 49,723 |
| Ukraine | 526 | 1:86,545 | 12,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 424 | 1:19,230 | 1,965 |
| Turkey | 383 | 1:203,189 | 14,853 |
| Tonga | 350 | 1:307 | 69 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Russia | 168 | 1:857,875 | 69,146 |
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| Solomon Islands | 124 | 1:4,678 | 611 |
| England | 90 | 1:619,090 | 36,665 |
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| Latvia | 75 | 1:27,334 | 4,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| American Samoa | 41 | 1:1,360 | 222 |
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Czechia | 27 | 1:393,832 | 45,478 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Namibia | 13 | 1:185,339 | 9,730 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 1:379,324 | 17,382 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Káva (59) are calculated separately.
Kava (80,725) may also be a first name.
Kava Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Origin: Poland.
Meaning: coffee, derived from, kawka, meaning 'jackdaw'.
There are also a lot of Kawas from Germany.
- mikeydinoKava Demographics
Average Kava Salary in
United States
$58,032 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kava (Arabic: كفا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﺎ, Hindi: कावा, Marathi: कवा, Russian: Кава) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Káva. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kava.
How Common Is The Last Name Kava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,342nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 370,773 people. Kava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Kava are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kava is also the 12,255th most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 80,725 people.
The last name Kava is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 15,118 people, or 1 in 50,739. In India it is most common in: Gujarat, where 50 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 35 percent live and Maharashtra, where 13 percent live. Beside India Kava is found in 76 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Kava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kava has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kava surname grew 4,925 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kava surname is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kava surname are 5.76% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.99% being registered to vote for the party.
Kava earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.49% more than the national average, earning $58,032 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kava in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﺎ | kafa | - |
| Kava in the Hindi language | ||
| कावा | kava | 97.99 |
| कवा | kava | 1.96 |
| कावा़ | kava | 0.05 |
| Kava in the Marathi language | ||
| कवा | kava | 62.26 |
| कावा | kava | 37.51 |
| काव | kava | 0.15 |
| कव | kava | 0.08 |
| Kava in the Russian language | ||
| Кава | kava | - |
| Kava in the Arabic language | ||
| كفا | kfa | - |
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Footnotes
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