Kawasse Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Kawasse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Kawassé (1) are calculated separately.
Kawasse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawasse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawasse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺍﺹ) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Kawassé. For other possible spellings of Kawasse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawasse? popularity and diffusion
Kawasse is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kawasse reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 539,768. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 97 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Kawasse is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 45 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawasse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawasse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺍﺹ | kwas | - |
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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 Kawasse
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