Kawai Surname
Approximately 199,829 people bear this surname
Kawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 194,396 | 1:658 | 101 |
| United States | 1,039 | 1:348,854 | 31,288 |
| Thailand | 664 | 1:106,383 | 15,470 |
| Nigeria | 640 | 1:276,786 | 15,683 |
| Brazil | 571 | 1:374,911 | 14,306 |
| Papua New Guinea | 553 | 1:14,745 | 1,428 |
| Iran | 429 | 1:178,980 | 14,917 |
| Hong Kong | 323 | 1:22,710 | 468 |
| Singapore | 253 | 1:21,770 | 855 |
| Canada | 139 | 1:265,076 | 24,993 |
| Indonesia | 126 | 1:1,049,597 | 76,344 |
| Pakistan | 119 | 1:1,501,209 | 16,323 |
| Russia | 109 | 1:1,322,230 | 94,006 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Kenya | 25 | 1:1,847,196 | 36,049 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Kawaï (2) are calculated separately.
Kawai (5,173) may also be a first name.
Kawai Demographics
Average Kawai Salary in
United States
$48,808 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawai is most common in Japan. It can also be found as a variant: Kawaï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,799th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,469 people. Kawai is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kawai live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Kawai is also the 94,182nd most common first name on earth, borne by 5,173 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 194,396 people, or 1 in 658. In Japan Kawai is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 22 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Beside Japan Kawai exists in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Kawai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Christian (89%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kawai are 15.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.91% registered with the party.
The amount Kawai earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.74% more than the national average, earning $63,961 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
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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
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