Where does the surname Kawamoto come from?

Kawamoto is Japanese in origin.

How common is the surname Kawamoto?

1,379 people in the United States had the surname Kawamoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. It ranked 19,567th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kawamoto?

Evelyn Kawamoto, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist.

Where is the surname Kawamoto most common?

Wikidata records people named Kawamoto in the United States.

Is the surname Kawamoto getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,379 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Kawamoto

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,379 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex K530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kawamoto is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

A surname from Japanese.

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,379 people named Kawamoto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,466.

#19,567

rank among US surnames

1,379

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,559	Walder	1,380	223,729
#19,567	Kilbourn	1,379	223,891

Who is named Kawamoto

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

79% of people named Kawamoto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as two or more races and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
Two or more races 12%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Kawamotos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evelyn Kawamoto
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, 1933–2017

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kawamoto come from?: Kawamoto is Japanese in origin.
How common is the surname Kawamoto?: 1,379 people in the United States had the surname Kawamoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. It ranked 19,567th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kawamoto?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Kawamoto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Kawamoto?: Evelyn Kawamoto, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist.
Where is the surname Kawamoto most common?: Wikidata records people named Kawamoto in the United States.
Is the surname Kawamoto getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,379 in 2010, down 5.9%.