Kawa is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kawa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kawa

How popular is Kawa?

Kawa is common in Japan.

Kawa is ranked 7602 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kawas grew by 8.56102 per cent to 1192 since 2000 and ranked 21811 after elevating 200 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.07 88.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.54 6.28
Black 3.69 1.82
Kawa is quite popular family name mostly used in Iraq while Sierra Leone is ahead in terms of density. Around 71142 people have been found who wears Kawa as their family name. Kawa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
5,340 Iceland6
13,220 Thailand6
2,028 Vietnam5
26,325 Mauritania5
11,802 Egypt4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
6,989 Uganda3
8,926 Cameroon3
10,686 Costa Rica3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
3,437 Sudan2
40,064 Nigeria2
34,572 Israel2
2,152 Niger2
19,093 Finland2
3,478 Haiti2
17,547 Colombia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
23,344 Austria2
95,312 Argentina2
12,172 Ghana2
20,172 Hungary1
42,479 Greece1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
13,606 Senegal1
2,715 Gabon1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,190 Barbados1
36,814 Romania1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
24,176 Qatar1
1,179 Swaziland1
66,560 Philippines1
81,201 Switzerland1
11,510 Oman1
2,724 New Caledonia1
38,830 Morocco1
1,572 Macau1
4,942 Libya1
2,196 Liberia1
18,969 Wales1
16,073 Latvia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
41,360 Netherlands49
92,266 Ukraine46
45,674 Spain44
46,489 Australia43
20,103 Norway33
257,310 Russia31
11,387 Ireland22
18,457 Scotland20
26,722 New Zealand14
71,084 Czech Republic11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,034 Denmark74
78,184 Italy67
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Kawa:
10,269 Algeria625
19,598 Indonesia587
22,607 Brazil556
20,699 Germany504
14,184 South Africa438
14,737 England393
13,479 Canada281
45,235 France220
24,716 Turkey210
2,771 Lebanon209
21,011 Mexico157
13,523 Belgium134
13,194 Malaysia126
1,036 Fiji122
8,002 Sweden116
16,740 Zimbabwe102
Countries with thousands of Kawa:
534 Poland7,781
135 Sierra Leone5,684
812 Afghanistan3,796
13,860 India3,274
264 Papua New Guinea2,740
1,727 Syria2,058
3,230 Tanzania1,605
21,625 United States1,466
4,486 Kenya1,255
Countries with ten thousands of Kawa:
157 Iraq25,446
1,456 Japan10,605
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Kawa Namesakes

  • Yasuhiko Kawazu, Voice actor
  • Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, Politician
  • Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa, David Kawānanakoa's daughter
  • Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, Politician
  • Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa, David Kawānanakoa's daughter
  • Tomoko Kawase, Singer
  • Agata Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka's daughter
  • Ai Kawashima, Singer-songwriter
  • Ai Kawanaka, Singer
  • Aika Kawashima, Musical Artist
  • Kaori Kawa characterized the minor role of N in 1965 0 flick Gekishô no highway.

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