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kōban
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Kōban
A kōban is a small neighborhood police station found in Japan. Kōban also refers to the smallest organizational unit in today's Japanese police system. In addition to central police stations, Japanese uniformed police work is done from small buildings located within the community, a form of community policing. As of 2007, there are about 6,000 kōban all over Japan. Since the 1990s, many of them are found with signs in Roman letters: "Koban".
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KOBAN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Koban is ranked #89753 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Koban surname appeared 206 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Koban.
93.2% or 192 total occurrences were White.
4.3% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kōban in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kōban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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