Kavah Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Kavah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 101 | 1:43,649 | 3,977 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kavah (27) may also be a first name.
Kavah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavah (Arabic: كفاه) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kavah is the 1,544,715th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Kavah live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Kavah is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.
This surname is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 43,649. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Lofa County, where 95 percent live and Montserrado County, where 5 percent live. Excluding Liberia Kavah is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavah in the Arabic language | ||
| كفاه | kfah | - |
| كفاح | kfah | - |
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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 Kavah
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