The surname Kawa
A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K000
Origin
* From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”). * From Japanese かわ.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,192 people named Kawa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.
Who is named Kawa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Kawa identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 6.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kawa
Kawa has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.
Questions
- Where does the surname Kawa come from?
- * From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”). * From Japanese かわ.
- How common is the surname Kawa?
- 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Kawa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kawa?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kawa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Kawa getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 8.6%.