Kawakai Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kawakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 74 | 1:1,727,626 | 25,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawakai occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawakai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Kawakai is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Kawakai live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 1,727,626. In Japan Kawakai is most common in: Toyama Prefecture, where 49 percent are found, Kyoto Prefecture, where 43 percent are found and Akita Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Beside Japan it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Kawakai
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