Kawayu Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Kawayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 649 | 1:196,987 | 8,909 |
| Uganda | 284 | 1:137,462 | 12,498 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kawayu (11) may also be a first name.
Kawayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawayu is found most in Japan. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawayu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 379,929th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Kawayu are found; 69 percent are found in East Asia and 69 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 11 people.
Kawayu is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 649 people, or 1 in 196,987. In Japan Kawayu is most common in: Shiga Prefecture, where 18 percent reside, Kōchi Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Mie Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kawayu
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