Kawakab Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Kawakab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawakab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Kawakab (11,113) may also be a first name.

Kawakab Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kawakab (Arabic: كواكب, Oriya: କାୱକାବ) occurs most in India. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawakab? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Kawakab occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Kawakab are found; 40 percent are found in South Asia and 40 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 57,083rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 11,113 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Kawakab is most common in: Odisha, where 50 percent live and Telangana, where 50 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 20 percent live and Syria, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kavakab86114/
Kawakeb861/
Kavakeb7133/
Kavakav711/
Kavakov5726/
Kawocap574/
Khabakov5317/
Kaybakov5310/
Khavakov532/
Kaibakov531/
Khabakhov5011/
Khavatkop505/

Kawakab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kawakab in the Oriya language
କାୱକାବkawakaba-
Kawakab in the Arabic language
كواكبkwakb-

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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 Kawakab
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