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
The last name Kawey is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. Kawey occurs mostly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Kawey reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kawey is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 1,049,597. In Indonesia Kawey is most numerous in: West Papua, where 89 percent reside, North Maluku, where 6 percent reside and Papua, where 5 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Kawey is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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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