Kohwai Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Kohwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 1:241,222 | 26,284 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Kohwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kohwai occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kohwai reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 241,222. In Zimbabwe Kohwai is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 45 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kohwai
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