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
Average Kavai Salary in
United States
$34,768 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavai (Arabic: كفاي, Hindi: कवई, Marathi: कवई, Russian: Каваи) is most common in Kenya. It can also be found as a variant: Kávai. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kavai.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kavai is the 137,142nd most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Kavai live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 395,119th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 465 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,440 people, or 1 in 18,926. In Kenya Kavai is most common in: Vihiga County, where 23 percent live, Kakamega County, where 17 percent live and Makueni County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Kenya it is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Kavai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kavai surname is chiefly 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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- 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 Kavai
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