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 last name Kawau is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. 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 numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kawau reside; 41 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 598,137th most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 226 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania Kawau is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 54 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 25 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.
Kawau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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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