Kawajo Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Kawajo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 238 | 1:537,161 | 14,984 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kawajo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawajo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawajo occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kawajo.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawajo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,035,555th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kawajo reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 537,161. In Japan Kawajo is most numerous in: Toyama Prefecture, where 36 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 34 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 16 percent are found. Other than Japan it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kawajo
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