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 Kawa Salary in
United States
$46,299 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawa (Arabic: كاوا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻯ, Oriya: କାୱା) is held by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Kawã. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 13,044th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,549 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Kawa are found; 26 percent are found in West Africa and 24 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kawa is also the 61,965th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 9,827 people.
This surname is most numerous in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 9,925 people, or 1 in 714. Not including Sierra Leone it occurs in 102 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 17 percent reside and Japan, where 15 percent reside.
Kawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kawa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kawa last name increased 168,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kawa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kawa surname are 3.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.28% 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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