Kavai Surname
Approximately 3,269 people bear this surname
Kavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,440 | 1:18,926 | 2,226 |
| Serbia | 234 | 1:30,534 | 3,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 184 | 1:44,314 | 5,438 |
| Zimbabwe | 117 | 1:131,951 | 17,409 |
| Russia | 99 | 1:1,455,788 | 100,531 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Kávai (152) are calculated separately.
Kavai (465) may also be a first name.
Kavai Demographics
Kavai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kavai (Arabic: كفاي, Hindi: कवई, Marathi: कवई, Russian: Каваи) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms: Kávai. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavai? popularity and diffusion
Kavai is the 137,142nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. The last name Kavai is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Kavai are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 395,119th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 465 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,440 people, or 1 in 18,926. In Kenya Kavai is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 23 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 17 percent are found and Makueni County, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
Kavai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kavai last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kavai earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.42% less than the national average, earning $34,768 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavai in the Hindi language | ||
| कवई | kava'i | 73.68 |
| कविता | kavita | 10.53 |
| कवि | kavi | 10.53 |
| काविन्द्र | kavindra | 5.26 |
| Kavai in the Marathi language | ||
| कवई | kava'i | 54.55 |
| कवै | kavai | 27.27 |
| कवइ | kava'i | 9.09 |
| कावाई | kava'i | 4.55 |
| कवड़ी | kavari | 4.55 |
| Kavai in the Russian language | ||
| Каваи | kavai | - |
| Kavai in the Arabic language | ||
| كفاي | kfay | - |
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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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- 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 Kavai
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