Kuwao Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Kuwao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 198 | 1:645,678 | 16,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
Kuwao (24) may also be a first name.
Kuwao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuwao is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kuwao is the 1,108,016th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kuwao live; 90 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Kuwao is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 24 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 645,678. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 40 percent reside, Kōchi Prefecture, where 38 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 19 percent reside. Barring Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 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 Kuwao
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