Kawake Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Kawake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 241 | 1:530,474 | 14,886 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kawake (21) may also be a first name.
Kawake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawake is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawake? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 781,947th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Kawake live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name Kawake is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 530,474. In Japan Kawake is mostly concentrated in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 32 percent live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 29 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Japan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 9 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
- 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 Kawake
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