Kawiyu Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Kawiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Kawiyu (151) may also be a first name.
Kawiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawiyu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawiyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawiyu are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kawiyu is also the 749,223rd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 151 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 495,310. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 88 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 47 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 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
- 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 Kawiyu
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