Kawab Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kawab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1671:791,91160,260
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kawab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kawab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kawab occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawab? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,290,735th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname Kawab is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Kawab live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 791,911. In Indonesia Kawab is mostly concentrated in: West Papua, where 92 percent reside, Aceh, where 4 percent reside and Papua, where 3 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khawab9170/
Kaswab913/
Kawaib911/
Khawaab8343/
Khawaib833/
Kawap8028/
Kaweb8016/
Kavab8015/
Kawob8010/
Cawab802/
Kewab801/
Kawape7326/
Kavabh7313/
Kasvab734/
Khavab733/
Kaabob731/
Kouwab731/
Kawaip731/
Kaaboub671,031/
Kashwap678/
Kashvab672/
Kaewaup671/

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Kawab
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