Kawau Surname
Approximately 1,029 people bear this surname
Kawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawau (226) may also be a first name.
Kawau Demographics
Kawau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawau is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kawau is the 353,738th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. The surname Kawau is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kawau are found; 41 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 598,137th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 226 people.
Kawau is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania Kawau is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 54 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 25 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Kawau exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.
Kawau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kawau surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Kawau
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