Kawamoto Surname

5,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kawamoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawamoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan95,2681:1,342250
United States2,2081:164,15716,682
Brazil8661:247,1999,517
Thailand1131:625,118105,836
Canada841:438,63838,170
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Peru241:1,324,33821,383
England171:3,277,533109,658
Guam161:10,0081,526
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
France51:13,284,544357,392
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
China31:455,773,85521,925
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

Kawamoto (15) may also be a first name.

Kawamoto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kawamoto Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kawamoto occurs most in Japan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawamoto? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kawamoto is the 5,726th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 73,778 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kawamoto reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kawamoto is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 95,268 people, or 1 in 1,342. In Japan Kawamoto is most common in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 12 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Japan this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Kawamoto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kawamoto last name are 25.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.94% registered with the 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khawamoto944/
Kawamotop941/
Kavamoto8863/
Kawomoto8813/
Kabamoto8811/
Cawamoto883/
Kawamota882/
Kowamoto882/
Kawamata7528,113/
Cavamoto753/
Kavamata639/
Kobamuta501/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kawamoto
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