Kavayi Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Kavayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| Zimbabwe | 124 | 1:124,502 | 16,668 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kavayi (39) may also be a first name.
Kavayi Demographics
Kavayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kavayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kavayi (Hindi: कवायी, Russian: Кавайи) is most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kavayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kavayi is the 827,165th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. The last name Kavayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kavayi are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 39 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 239,274. In Kenya Kavayi is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 84 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 5 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 5 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Kavayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavayi in the Hindi language | ||
| कवायी | kavayi | - |
| Kavayi in the Russian language | ||
| Кавайи | kavaji | - |
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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 Kavayi
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