Kategawa Surname

562,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kategawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kategawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan5631:227,0779,610
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Kategawa Last Name Facts

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

Kategawa is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kategawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kategawa? popularity and diffusion

Kategawa is the 562,135th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 12,921,181 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kategawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

Kategawa is most common in Japan, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 227,077. In Japan Kategawa is primarily found in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 93 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 5 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kotegawa882,204/
Katagawa8810/
Kategawe881/
Kategova7544/
Kategave752/
Catigawa751/
Khategave711/
Kotegova631,061/
Katygova634/
Khatagova59184/
Kastygova595/
Kaytagova592/
Kategovit591/
Kotagova501/
Kotegovy501/
Cotegova501/

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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 Kategawa
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