Kawaina Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Kawaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kawaïna (1) are calculated separately.
Kawaina (33) may also be a first name.
Kawaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawaina is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as: Kawaïna. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawaina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Kawaina occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Kawaina reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kawaina is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 33 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Kawaina is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 93 percent are found, North Region, where 4 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kawaina
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