Kowashi Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Kowashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 384 | 1:332,928 | 11,709 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Kowashi (24) may also be a first name.
Kowashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowashi (Marathi: कोवाशी) is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kowashi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowashi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kowashi is the 709,895th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kowashi are found; 93 percent are found in East Asia and 93 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name globally, borne by 24 people.
It is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 332,928. In Japan it is primarily found in: Chiba Prefecture, where 42 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 42 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent are found. Beside Japan Kowashi is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 6 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kowashi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kowashi in the Marathi language | ||
| कोवाशी | kovasi | - |
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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 Kowashi
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