# Kawa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kawa/  
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) | 1,192 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,811 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 259,015 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (1,098 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”). * From Japanese かわ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kawa 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Kaya, Key, Kay, Ko, Kee, Kaye, Kehoe, Kuo, Kao, Koo, Ku, Koh.

## 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.