Kuvia Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Kuvia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kuvia (22) may also be a first name.
Kuvia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuvia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuvia is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kuvia.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuvia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kuvia live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 22 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 135,895. In Papua New Guinea Kuvia is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 52 percent are found, East Sepik, where 25 percent are found and Madang, where 12 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 35 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuviah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kuviatz | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kushvia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kivia | 80 | 572 | / |
| Kuvio | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kuwia | 80 | 18 | / |
| Cuvia | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kushviha | 77 | 5 | / |
| Cuvias | 73 | 41 | / |
| Kuveha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Couvia | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kauwia | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kievia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuyuia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kubiňa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuivio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quivia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cusvia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kushviaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuwiatz | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kausuia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kushvya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuvjaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuwija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuvaaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuboija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kubeija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kubijai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoubia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiveyia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuubia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kuvia
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