Kawena Surname
Approximately 1,758 people bear this surname
Kawena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,334 | 1:55,382 | 6,641 |
| Indonesia | 239 | 1:553,344 | 44,561 |
| Zambia | 114 | 1:139,034 | 10,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawena (273) may also be a first name.
Kawena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawena is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 230,222nd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,145,362 people. The surname Kawena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Kawena reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 537,992nd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 273 people.
The last name Kawena is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,334 people, or 1 in 55,382. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Zambia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kawena
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