Khuwa Surname
Approximately 3,912 people bear this surname
Khuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,619 | 1:20,414 | 2,580 |
| Botswana | 226 | 1:9,677 | 1,775 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Khuwa (525) may also be a first name.
Khuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khuwa (Hindi: खूवा) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Khuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Khuwa? popularity and diffusion
Khuwa is the 117,650th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,862,870 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Khuwa live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Khuwa is also the 368,302nd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 525 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,619 people, or 1 in 20,414. Outside of The DR Congo Khuwa occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khuwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khuwa in the Hindi language | ||
| खूवा | khuva | 83.33 |
| खुवा | khuva | 16.67 |
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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 Khuwa
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