Kavais Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kavais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
Kavais (19) may also be a first name.
Kavais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavais is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavais? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kavais is the 3,602,217th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Kavais occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Kavais live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name Kavais is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 94 percent live and Madang, where 6 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Kavais occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 40 percent live.
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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 Kavais
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