Kaviya Surname
Approximately 1,923 people bear this surname
Kaviya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,000 | 1:15,438 | 2,171 |
| India | 432 | 1:1,775,614 | 63,364 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaviya (6,591) may also be a first name.
Kaviya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaviya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaviya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ, Hindi: कविया, Marathi: कावै, Russian: Кавия) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kaviya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaviya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 214,006th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,789,675 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kaviya live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kaviya is also the 80,673rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 6,591 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,000 people, or 1 in 15,438. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 35 percent reside, Harare Province, where 26 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Kaviya occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaviya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaviya in the Hindi language | ||
| कविया | kaviya | 87.33 |
| काविया | kaviya | 9.05 |
| कवीया | kaviya | 2.26 |
| कावीया | kaviya | 0.9 |
| काव्या | kavya | 0.45 |
| Kaviya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ | kafyh | 57.89 |
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﺔ | kafyt | 42.11 |
| Kaviya in the Marathi language | ||
| कावै | kavai | 40 |
| कवया | kavaya | 40 |
| कािवया | kaivaya | 20 |
| Kaviya in the Russian language | ||
| Кавия | kavia | - |
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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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- 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 Kaviya
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