Kaws Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Kaws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kaws Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaws Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kaws (Arabic: عكوس) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaws? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,589,322nd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kaws are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

Kaws is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Outside of Egypt Kaws is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Kaws Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kaws has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kaws last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kaws Last Name Statistics demography

Kaws earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 57.51% less than the national average, earning $18,333 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kauws8954/
Kaews8919/
Khaws895/
Kawse891/
Khawse8065/
Kahwsh801/
Kawshe801/
Caws75490/
Kavs75160/
Kows7525/
Qaws7520/
Kafs752/
Kawz752/
Kews751/
Kahawsh73122/
Khawshe7311/
Cawse67270/
Kowsz6779/
Kouws6757/
Kaiwesch6724/
Kabsz6724/
Kab's6722/
Khafs6717/
Kowsh6715/
Kavse6710/
Kowss6710/
Kavsh678/
Khavs673/
Kafsh673/
Kaabs672/
Kgafs672/
Cawst672/
Khawsova671/
Kahbs671/
Kaphs671/
Khabs671/
Keyws671/
Hkews671/
Kawce671/
Kowws671/
Kaufs670/
Kaffs670/
Quaws670/
Keavs670/
Kafse670/

Kaws Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaws in the Arabic language
عكوسkws-

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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 Kaws
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