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
The surname Kavah (Arabic: كفاه) is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,544,715th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Kavah reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
Kavah is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 43,649. In Liberia Kavah is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 95 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 5 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.
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
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- 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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