# Kava (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kava/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 456 |
| US rank (2010) | 46,647 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 677,074 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (339 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Ukrainian Кава (Kava) or a phonetic respelling of Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kavъka (“jackdaw”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kava in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 15% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kava in the United States.

## People named Kava

- Alex Kava, American writer

## Similar surnames

Kaba, Kopp, Keefe, Kipp, Kapp, Koop, Kopf, Kibbe, Koepp, Kouba, Kibby, Kaup.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.