Sawakami Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Sawakami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 655 | 1:195,182 | 8,864 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
Sawakami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sawakami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sawakami is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sawakami? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 499,041st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawakami are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Sawakami is most common in Japan, where it is held by 655 people, or 1 in 195,182. In Japan it is most common in: Aomori Prefecture, where 34 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 15 percent live and Aichi Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Japan this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, 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 Sawakami
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