Kawamura Surname
Approximately 222,959 people bear this surname
Kawamura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 218,766 | 1:584 | 84 |
| United States | 1,932 | 1:187,608 | 18,644 |
| Brazil | 1,175 | 1:182,191 | 7,036 |
| Thailand | 283 | 1:249,605 | 42,359 |
| Singapore | 167 | 1:32,980 | 1,213 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| Philippines | 72 | 1:1,406,086 | 101,646 |
| Peru | 65 | 1:488,987 | 14,013 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 1:301,531 | 4,820 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1:1,132,081 | 47,619 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kawamura (37) may also be a first name.
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Kawamura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawamura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawamura is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawamura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,478th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 32,686 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kawamura are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kawamura is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 37 people.
This last name is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 218,766 people, or 1 in 584. In Japan Kawamura is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent live, Aichi Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Outside of Japan this surname exists in 50 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Kawamura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kawamura has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 193,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kawamura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kawamura last name are 21.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.77% registered with the party.
The amount Kawamura earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,164 per year; in United States they earn 8.74% more than the national average, earning $46,920 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.44% more than the national average, earning $52,384 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
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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
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