Globally, カワ (Kawa 
, カワ ) is a common primarily male, but scarcely female forename. The given name カワ is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Macao, where it is quite a rare male name, and Syria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Iraq, Syria, and Brazil. Likewise, カワ is the last name as well as the forename.