Kawahara Surname
Approximately 47,893 people bear this surname
Kawahara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 45,756 | 1:2,794 | 481 |
| United States | 1,142 | 1:317,390 | 28,990 |
| Brazil | 457 | 1:468,434 | 17,740 |
| Thailand | 188 | 1:375,736 | 65,946 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Kawahara (13) may also be a first name.
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Kawahara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawahara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawahara is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawahara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 11,728th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 152,163 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kawahara live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 45,756 people, or 1 in 2,794. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Okayama Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Beside Japan Kawahara occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Kawahara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kawahara are 29.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 82.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kawahara earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 5.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,477 per year; in United States they earn 23.16% more than the national average, earning $53,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.86% more than the national average, earning $50,606 CAD per year.
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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 Kawahara
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