Kuwase Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Kuwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kuwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuwase occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwase? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Kuwase is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Kuwase live; 86 percent live in East Asia and 86 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Kuwase is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 7,102,461. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Kōchi Prefecture, where 78 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 6 percent are found and Ibaraki Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Kuwase
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