Kawen Surname
Approximately 2,953 people bear this surname
Kawen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,285 | 1:32,332 | 4,024 |
| Nigeria | 427 | 1:414,854 | 21,592 |
| Indonesia | 128 | 1:1,033,197 | 75,404 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kawen (1,430) may also be a first name.
Kawen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawen is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kawen is the 149,578th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,467,845 people. Kawen occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kawen live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 206,373rd most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 1,430 people.
The surname Kawen is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,285 people, or 1 in 32,332. Aside from The DR Congo Kawen is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kawen
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