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Where Does The Last Name Kawa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Kawa (Arabic: كاوا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻯ, Oriya: କାୱା) has its highest incidence in Sierra Leone. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kawã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Kawa is the 13,044^th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 169,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Kawa reside; 26 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 61,965^th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 9,827 people.

Kawa is most common in Sierra Leone, where it is held by 9,925 people, or 1 in 714. Excluding Sierra Leone it exists in 102 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 17 percent reside and Japan, where 15 percent reside.

Kawa Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kawa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kawa last name expanded 168,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kawa Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kawa last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Kawa last name are 3.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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.