Kawanishi Surname

22,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kawanishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawanishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan23,9241:5,344850
Brazil2131:1,005,04435,543
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Peru531:599,70015,316
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Kawanishi Last Name Facts

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

Kawanishi has its highest incidence in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawanishi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kawanishi is the 22,242nd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 298,047 people. The surname Kawanishi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kawanishi reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 23,924 people, or 1 in 5,344. In Japan it is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Kagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Japan Kawanishi exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Kawanishi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kawanishi last name are 10.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.41% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kawanishi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 56.05% more than the national average, earning S/. 30,251 per year and in United States they earn 6.82% more than the national average, earning $46,092 USD 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kawanishi
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