Kawiya Surname
Approximately 1,806 people bear this surname
Kawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,176 | 1:14,557 | 2,276 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Thailand | 220 | 1:321,083 | 55,306 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kawiya (217) may also be a first name.
Kawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawiya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kawiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawiya? popularity and diffusion
Kawiya is the 225,102nd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,035,186 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Kawiya are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 612,983rd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 217 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,176 people, or 1 in 14,557. Barring Malawi Kawiya occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 12 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
- 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 Kawiya
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