Kawey Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Kawey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 126 | 1:1,049,597 | 76,344 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Kawey (20) may also be a first name.
Kawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawey occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kawey is the 1,415,499th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Kawey are found; 77 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 77 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Kawey is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,049,597. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Papua, where 89 percent are found, North Maluku, where 6 percent are found and Papua, where 5 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 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
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- 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 Kawey
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