Kawkab Surname

162,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Kawkab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawkab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria9671:19,9601,482
Egypt8541:107,6538,985
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Lebanon1581:35,6783,439
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Yemen151:1,761,68612,726
France131:5,109,440259,941
India101:76,706,538639,611
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Kawkab (19,287) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kawkhab921/
Kaewkeab864/
Kowkab8316/
Kawkeb831/
Kavkab831/
Kaewkeb776/
Kaubkab771/
Kaewkeub711/
Kawkeebh711/
Kabkab50177/
Kavkov50156/
Kabkov5040/
Kabkap5018/
Kafkov5011/
Kobkob504/
Kabkob502/

Kawkab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kawkab in the Arabic language
كوكبkwkb-

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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 Kawkab
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