Kowaka Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Kowaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 368 | 1:347,403 | 11,946 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kowaka (15) may also be a first name.
Kowaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kowaka is found most frequently in Japan. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 766,190th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kowaka are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name globally, held by 15 people.
This surname is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 347,403. In Japan it is most frequent in: Okayama Prefecture, where 44 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 29 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Not including Japan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 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 Kowaka
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