Kawah Surname
Approximately 2,305 people bear this surname
Kawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 1,724 | 1:2,557 | 335 |
| Palestine | 191 | 1:23,816 | 3,523 |
| Jordan | 120 | 1:73,687 | 6,116 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kawah (145) may also be a first name.
Kawah Demographics
Average Kawah Salary in
United States
$37,070 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍﻩ) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 184,125th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,161,625 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Kawah live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Kawah is also the 766,399th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 145 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 1,724 people, or 1 in 2,557. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 39 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 34 percent reside and Bomi County, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 8 percent reside and Jordan, where 5 percent reside.
Kawah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kawah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kawah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kawah last name is principally Jewish (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kawah surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.
Kawah earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.09% less than the national average, earning $37,070 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﻩ | akwah | - |
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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 Kawah
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