Kawa Surname
Approximately 42,982 people bear this surname
Kawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 9,925 | 1:714 | 135 |
| Poland | 7,517 | 1:5,056 | 586 |
| Japan | 6,481 | 1:19,726 | 2,233 |
| India | 3,180 | 1:241,216 | 14,078 |
| DR Congo | 2,545 | 1:29,029 | 3,635 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,892 | 1:4,310 | 240 |
| United States | 1,682 | 1:215,493 | 20,989 |
| Tanzania | 1,228 | 1:43,112 | 4,901 |
| Kenya | 1,163 | 1:39,708 | 4,196 |
| Uganda | 954 | 1:40,922 | 5,183 |
| South Africa | 917 | 1:59,081 | 7,474 |
| Indonesia | 775 | 1:170,644 | 16,556 |
| Cameroon | 581 | 1:35,747 | 4,810 |
| Iraq | 356 | 1:98,375 | 2,980 |
| Liberia | 335 | 1:13,160 | 1,403 |
| England | 288 | 1:193,465 | 17,079 |
| Canada | 283 | 1:130,196 | 13,551 |
| Ivory Coast | 282 | 1:81,813 | 4,436 |
| Germany | 275 | 1:292,747 | 30,288 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Brazil | 240 | 1:891,976 | 32,047 |
| Nigeria | 234 | 1:757,020 | 34,256 |
| France | 175 | 1:379,558 | 56,305 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Zimbabwe | 128 | 1:120,611 | 16,273 |
| United Arab Emirates | 120 | 1:76,352 | 6,997 |
| Zambia | 114 | 1:139,034 | 10,179 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Niger | 102 | 1:188,157 | 6,491 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Belgium | 54 | 1:212,901 | 27,429 |
| Denmark | 47 | 1:120,100 | 11,018 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1:145,007 | 19,402 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kawã (1) are calculated separately.
Kawa (9,827) may also be a first name.
Kawa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish, Ukranian) One who dealt in coffee.
User-submitted Reference
Origin: Poland.
Meaning: coffee, derived from, kawka, meaning 'jackdaw'.
There are also a lot of Kawas from Germany.
- mikeydinoKawa Demographics
Average Male Kawa Height
173.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawa (Arabic: كاوا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻯ, Oriya: କାୱା) is more frequently found in Sierra Leone than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Kawã. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kawa is the 13,044th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 169,549 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Kawa reside; 26 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kawa is also the 61,965th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 9,827 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 9,925 people, or 1 in 714. Besides Sierra Leone this last name is found in 102 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 17 percent are found and Japan, where 15 percent are found.
Kawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kawa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kawa last name expanded 168,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kawa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kawa are 3.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.28% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.2% less than the national average, earning 206,969 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.7% less than the national average, earning R 126,672 per year; in United States they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning $46,299 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $52,858 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୱା | kawa | 86.46 |
| କୱା | kawa | 5.68 |
| କାଉଆ | ka'u'a | 3.93 |
| କାଓା | kaoa | 3.06 |
| Kawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭﻯ | kawy | 50 |
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍ | akwa | 50 |
| Kawa in the Arabic language | ||
| كاوا | kawa | - |
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Footnotes
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