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 surname Kawena is most common in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 230,222nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,145,362 people. Kawena is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Kawena live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kawena is also the 537,992nd most frequently held given name globally It is held by 273 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,334 people, or 1 in 55,382. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs 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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