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
Kaviya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ, Hindi: कविया, Marathi: कावै, Russian: Кавия) is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaviya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 214,006th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,789,675 people. The last name Kaviya occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kaviya reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 80,673rd most widely held first name globally, borne by 6,591 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,000 people, or 1 in 15,438. In Zimbabwe Kaviya is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 35 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found.
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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kaviya
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