Kawasi Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Kawasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| Papua New Guinea | 130 | 1:62,721 | 8,130 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawasi (764) may also be a first name.
Kawasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawasi (Hindi: कवासी, Oriya: କୱାସି) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kawasi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 837,371st most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Kawasi live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 297,080th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 764 people.
The last name Kawasi is most common in India, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 5,364,094. In India Kawasi is primarily found in: Odisha, where 83 percent live, Chhattisgarh, where 15 percent live and Delhi, where 1 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live and Uganda, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawasi in the Hindi language | ||
| कवासी | kavasi | 90 |
| कावासी | kavasi | 10 |
| Kawasi in the Oriya language | ||
| କୱାସି | kawasi | 81.58 |
| କୱାସୀ | kawasi | 10.53 |
| କୱାଶି | kawasi | 5.26 |
| କାୱାସି | kawasi | 2.63 |
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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 Kawasi
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