Kawala Surname
Approximately 15,438 people bear this surname
Kawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8,212 | 1:4,754 | 864 |
| DR Congo | 1,553 | 1:47,572 | 5,769 |
| Tanzania | 1,491 | 1:35,507 | 4,147 |
| Poland | 1,298 | 1:29,283 | 4,459 |
| Malawi | 1,176 | 1:14,557 | 2,276 |
| Liberia | 436 | 1:10,111 | 1,119 |
| Zambia | 430 | 1:36,860 | 3,707 |
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| France | 124 | 1:535,667 | 73,425 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kawala (684) may also be a first name.
Kawala Demographics
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Kawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﺍﻻ, Hindi: केवला, Marathi: कवला, Oriya: କାୱାଲା, Tibetan: ཀ་ཝ་ལ།) occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kawala is the 34,332nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 472,052 people. Kawala is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kawala are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kawala is also the 316,415th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 684 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 8,212 people, or 1 in 4,754. In Uganda Kawala is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 14 percent are found, Luuka District, where 13 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
Kawala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kawala last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kawala are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.
The amount Kawala earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 34.96% more than the national average, earning $58,235 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.28% less than the national average, earning $48,053 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭﺍﻻ | kawala | - |
| Kawala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ཝ་ལ། | kawala | - |
| Kawala in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୱାଲା | kawala | - |
| Kawala in the Marathi language | ||
| कवला | kavala | - |
| Kawala in the Hindi language | ||
| केवला | kevala | 50 |
| कावला | kavala | 25 |
| कवाला | kavala | 25 |
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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 Kawala
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