Frequency: (140)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: ‘side or bank of the river’; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family. The name is also found in Okinawa Island.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 63%. Hiroshi (2), Kohei (2), Osamu (2), Yasuhiro (2), Akira, Fumihiko, Hideo, Hiroki, Hiroko, Hiroyuki, Kazumi, Kazuto.
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