Kansawa Surname

355,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kansawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kansawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan9131:140,0277,329
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kansawa Last Name Facts

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

Kansawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kansawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 355,394th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,123,701 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kansawa reside; 89 percent reside in East Asia and 89 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most common in Japan, where it is held by 913 people, or 1 in 140,027. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Iwate Prefecture, where 42 percent live, Miyagi Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Shiga Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

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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 Kansawa
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