Kaveya Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Kaveya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 75 | 1:205,843 | 23,645 |
| Namibia | 36 | 1:66,928 | 7,260 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kaveya (32) may also be a first name.
Kaveya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaveya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaveya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kaveya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaveya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaveya live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kaveya is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held forename globally, borne by 32 people.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 205,843. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 80 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 32 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaveya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaveya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ | kafyh | - |
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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 Kaveya
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