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 surname Kisawa is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,637th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,917,775 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Kisawa live; 94 percent live in East Asia and 94 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Kisawa is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 62 people.
The last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 3,554 people, or 1 in 35,972. In Japan Kisawa is primarily found in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 11 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Gifu Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Other than Japan Kisawa occurs 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
- 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 Kisawa
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