Kawamoto Surname
Approximately 98,777 people bear this surname
Kawamoto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 95,268 | 1:1,342 | 250 |
| United States | 2,208 | 1:164,157 | 16,682 |
| Brazil | 866 | 1:247,199 | 9,517 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Canada | 84 | 1:438,638 | 38,170 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Peru | 24 | 1:1,324,338 | 21,383 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Kawamoto (15) may also be a first name.
Kawamoto Demographics
Average Kawamoto Salary in
United States
$50,973 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kawamoto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawamoto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawamoto has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawamoto? popularity and diffusion
Kawamoto is the 5,726th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 73,778 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kawamoto live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname Kawamoto is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 95,268 people, or 1 in 1,342. In Japan Kawamoto is most prevalent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Beside Japan this last name exists in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Kawamoto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kawamoto surname are 25.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 78.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kawamoto earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.13% more than the national average, earning $50,973 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.23% more than the national average, earning $52,279 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 Kawamoto
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