Kamekawa Surname

88,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kamekawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamekawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan5,4101:23,6312,522
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kamekawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kamekawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kamekawa is found most frequently in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kamekawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamekawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 88,570th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,344,070 people. Kamekawa is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kamekawa live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 5,410 people, or 1 in 23,631. In Japan Kamekawa is most numerous in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Kamekawa Last Name Statistics demography

Kamekawa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kameikawa944/
Kamikawa8812,625/
Kamakawa88140/
Kamekava881/
Koumekawa826/
Kamakaiwa821/
Kamekova7532/
Komikawa7513/
Kamikava7511/
Komekowa754/
Kamakava751/
Kamakaeva71134/
Kamykaeva7154/
Koumikawa7151/
Khamekova714/
Kaimikava711/
Kameshkova67262/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kamekawa
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