Kawkab Surname
Approximately 2,667 people bear this surname
Kawkab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 967 | 1:19,960 | 1,482 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Lebanon | 158 | 1:35,678 | 3,439 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Yemen | 15 | 1:1,761,686 | 12,726 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Kawkab (19,287) may also be a first name.
Kawkab Demographics
Kawkab Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kawkab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawkab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawkab (Arabic: كوكب) has its highest incidence in Syria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawkab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 162,950th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,732,488 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Kawkab are found; 44 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 38,889th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 19,287 people.
This last name is most numerous in Syria, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 19,960. In Syria Kawkab is most prevalent in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 75 percent are found, Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Not including Syria this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 32 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 13 percent are found.
Kawkab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kawkab surname is primarily Shiite (56%) in Lebanon.
Kawkab earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 27.79% more than the national average, earning $63,491 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kawkab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kawkab in the Arabic language | ||
| كوكب | kwkb | - |
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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 Kawkab
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