Kawawu Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kawawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia921:1,437,49197,733
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kawawu (143) may also be a first name.

Kawawu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kawawu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kawawu has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawawu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,882,912th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kawawu are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kawawu is also the 772,378th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 143 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 1,437,491. In Indonesia Kawawu is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kawawut921/
Kawawup921/
Kawawgu921/
Kawewu836/
Kavawu831/
Kasvawu778/
Kabawou772/
Kawevu67134/
Kabowu6799/
Kavavu6797/
Kobawu674/
Kaibabu6227/
Kababuh621/
Kababeu621/
Kabuowu621/
Kaybabu621/
Koubawou571/
Kaibowou571/
Kabhabhu571/
Kabovu505/
Cababu503/

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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 Kawawu
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