Kisawa Surname
Approximately 3,800 people bear this surname
Kisawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,554 | 1:35,972 | 3,311 |
| Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kisawa (62) may also be a first name.
Kisawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kisawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 120,637th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,917,775 people. The surname Kisawa is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Kisawa reside; 94 percent reside in East Asia and 94 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kisawa is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 3,554 people, or 1 in 35,972. In Japan it is most numerous in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 11 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Gifu Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Barring Japan this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kisawa
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