Kaza Surname
Approximately 9,321 people bear this surname
Kaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,818 | 1:26,217 | 3,293 |
| India | 1,195 | 1:641,896 | 30,399 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| United States | 506 | 1:716,322 | 56,419 |
| Greece | 464 | 1:23,879 | 3,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 461 | 1:50,046 | 3,077 |
| Niger | 432 | 1:44,426 | 2,311 |
| Albania | 355 | 1:8,209 | 1,559 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| Nigeria | 271 | 1:653,663 | 30,600 |
| Poland | 222 | 1:171,211 | 23,713 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 140 | 1:944,637 | 69,875 |
| Turkey | 137 | 1:568,040 | 31,077 |
| Mauritania | 121 | 1:33,842 | 2,729 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| Latvia | 74 | 1:27,703 | 4,232 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Zambia | 25 | 1:633,997 | 25,256 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Lebanon | 14 | 1:402,649 | 11,601 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| North Macedonia | 11 | 1:191,043 | 13,158 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Kaža (27) & Káža (41) are calculated separately.
Kaza (1,828) may also be a first name.
Kaza Demographics
Kaza Political Affiliation
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Kaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaza (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺯ, Russian: Каза) is found most in The DR Congo. It can occur as: Kaža or Káža. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 54,597th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 781,842 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Kaza are found; 30 percent are found in Central Africa and 30 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 178,477th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,828 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,818 people, or 1 in 26,217. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Togo, where 9 percent reside.
Kaza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kaza has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kaza surname increased 10,120 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Kaza are 7.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.44% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kaza earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.35% more than the national average, earning R 371,544 per year; in United States they earn 24.58% more than the national average, earning $53,757 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.25% less than the national average, earning $25,213 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺯ | kaz | 46.81 |
| ﻛﺎﺯﺍ | kaza | 44.68 |
| ﻛﺎﺯﻩ | kazh | 8.51 |
| Kaza in the Russian language | ||
| Каза | kaza | - |
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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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- 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 Kaza
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