Kavi Surname
Approximately 10,019 people bear this surname
Kavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,950 | 1:194,194 | 11,720 |
| Turkey | 1,609 | 1:48,366 | 4,835 |
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| Papua New Guinea | 832 | 1:9,800 | 808 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| United States | 147 | 1:2,465,707 | 151,024 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| United Arab Emirates | 86 | 1:106,538 | 9,171 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Mauritania | 51 | 1:80,291 | 5,266 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 47 | 1:12,341 | 2,242 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Slovenia | 19 | 1:130,930 | 12,952 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Kavi (20,608) may also be a first name.
Kavi Demographics
Average Kavi Salary in
United States
$60,984 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavi (Arabic: كافي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻲ, Hindi: कवि, Marathi: कवी, Oriya: କବି, Russian: Кави, Tibetan: ཀ་བི་) is found most in India. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kavi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,167th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 727,373 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Kavi live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kavi is also the 36,981st most commonly used forename globally, held by 20,608 people.
It is most common in India, where it is held by 3,950 people, or 1 in 194,194. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 22 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 15 percent live and Maharashtra, where 13 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 16 percent live and Ghana, where 11 percent live.
Kavi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kavi last name are 1.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.85% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kavi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 304.48% more than the national average, earning R 961,188 per year; in United States they earn 41.33% more than the national average, earning $60,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.24% less than the national average, earning $45,590 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་བི་ | kabi | - |
| Kavi in the Oriya language | ||
| କବି | kabi | - |
| Kavi in the Marathi language | ||
| कवी | kavi | 89.89 |
| कावी | kavi | 7.93 |
| अकवी | akavi | 0.93 |
| कव | kava | 0.47 |
| कवीं | kavim | 0.31 |
| कावा | kava | 0.16 |
| Kavi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻲ | kafy | 51.92 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻓﻲ | alkafy | 34.62 |
| ﻛﺎﻓﻰ | kafy | 5.77 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻓﻰ | alkafy | 3.85 |
| Kavi in the Hindi language | ||
| कवि | kavi | 44.79 |
| कावी | kavi | 34.6 |
| कवी | kavi | 16.11 |
| कविता | kavita | 2.31 |
| कावि | kavi | 1.88 |
| क़वि | qavi | 0.04 |
| Kavi in the Russian language | ||
| Кави | kavi | - |
| Kavi in the Arabic language | ||
| كافي | kafy | - |
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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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