Koyawa Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Koyawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Koyawa (77) may also be a first name.
Koyawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koyawa occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Koyawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koyawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Koyawa are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 77 people.
The last name Koyawa is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 43,739. Not including Botswana it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Koyawa
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