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 borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 353,738th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kawau live; 41 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kawau is also the 598,137th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 226 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 54 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 25 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Kawau is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent are found and New Zealand, where 5 percent are found.
Kawau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kawau surname is principally 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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