Throughout the world, Kanwa (Kanwa 
, Kanwun 
) is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine given name. The first name Kanwa is habitual in Nigeria, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Likewise, Kanwa is the last name as well as the forename.