Kuvai Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Kuvai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Kuvai (43) may also be a first name.
Kuvai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuvai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuvai (Hindi: कुवई, Marathi: कुवै) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuvai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Kuvai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Kuvai are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 23,970,793. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 44 percent live, Maharashtra, where 38 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 46 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuvai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuvai in the Marathi language | ||
| कुवै | kuvai | 70 |
| कूवै | kuvai | 30 |
| Kuvai in the Hindi language | ||
| कुवई | kuva'i | 42.86 |
| कुवाई | kuva'i | 42.86 |
| कुवइ | kuva'i | 14.29 |
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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 Kuvai
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