Kavela Surname
Approximately 932 people bear this surname
Kavela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 419 | 1:5,750 | 1,113 |
| Tanzania | 366 | 1:144,649 | 13,219 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Kavela (149) may also be a first name.
Kavela Demographics
Kavela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kavela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kavela (Hindi: कवेला, Marathi: कवेला) is most common in Namibia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 382,080th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,819,255 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kavela live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 149 people.
It is most widespread in Namibia, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 5,750. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Ohangwena Region, where 40 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 21 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Namibia this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 39 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Kavela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavela in the Marathi language | ||
| कवेला | kavela | - |
| Kavela in the Hindi language | ||
| कवेला | kavela | 91.18 |
| केवला | kevala | 5.88 |
| कावेला | kavela | 2.94 |
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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 Kavela
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