Kawachiya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kawachiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawachiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Kawachiya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kawachiya is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawachiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Kawachiya occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Kawachiya are found; 71 percent are found in East Asia and 71 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Kawachiya is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 25,568,859. In Japan it is most common in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 80 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 29 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
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  • 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 Kawachiya
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