Kawi Surname
Approximately 10,538 people bear this surname
Kawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3,429 | 1:20,600 | 1,740 |
| Indonesia | 2,574 | 1:51,379 | 5,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,414 | 1:5,766 | 359 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Malaysia | 506 | 1:58,289 | 4,417 |
| DR Congo | 499 | 1:148,055 | 15,508 |
| Philippines | 438 | 1:231,137 | 35,347 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Iran | 300 | 1:255,942 | 19,160 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kawi (14,903) may also be a first name.
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Kawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻭﻱ, Hindi: कवि, Oriya: କୱି) is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawi? popularity and diffusion
Kawi is the 48,863rd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 691,549 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kawi live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 33 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kawi is also the 46,600th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 14,903 people.
The surname is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 3,429 people, or 1 in 20,600. In Thailand Kawi is most prevalent in: Tak Province, where 16 percent are found, Chiang Rai Province, where 10 percent are found and Chiang Mai Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Thailand Kawi is found in 50 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Kawi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kawi are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
Kawi earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.55% more than the national average, earning $52,446 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawi in the Hindi language | ||
| कवि | kavi | - |
| Kawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻭﻱ | kawy | 71.43 |
| ﻛﺎﻭﻯ | kawy | 28.57 |
| Kawi in the Oriya language | ||
| କୱି | kawi | 50 |
| କୱୀ | kawi | 50 |
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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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- 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 Kawi
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