The Kawa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,192 people carried this name — #21,811 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,098 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
6,797 people named Kawa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,390 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Kawa.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Calvados.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Kawa live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Kawa is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kawa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Józef Kawa 1900–1942
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Franciszek Kawa 1901–1985 · athletics competitor
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Edward Kawa-Kawicki 1902–1940 · military officer
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Florence Kawa 1912–2008 · artist
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Janina Zagrodzka-Kawa 1918–2020 · poet
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Janina Zagrodzka-Kawa 1918–2020 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kawa.
- Kaufmann 6,818 · U.S. census
- Kaupp 500 · U.S. census
- Kaus 900 · U.S. census
- Kauss 212 · U.S. census
- Kautz 3,699 · U.S. census
- Kautzmann 149 · U.S. census
- Kawecki 626 · U.S. census
- Kay 24,337 · U.S. census
- Kaya 1,455 · U.S. census
- Kayser 3,454 · U.S. census
- Kazandjian 208 · U.S. census
- Kazmierczak 1,782 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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