Abukawa Surname
Approximately 2,501 people bear this surname
Abukawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,468 | 1:51,801 | 4,133 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Abukawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abukawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abukawa is most common in Japan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abukawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abukawa is the 172,053rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,913,853 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Abukawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 2,468 people, or 1 in 51,801. In Japan it is mostly found in: Akita Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 18 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent live. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habukawa | 93 | 96 | / |
| Abukauwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Abukawaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Abukawo | 86 | 27 | / |
| Obukawa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Abukawe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abokawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abukewa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aboukashwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abukaeva | 80 | 265 | / |
| Abuukawo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aboukawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aboukhaba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aboukabah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Abukova | 71 | 329 | / |
| Abuqaba | 71 | 20 | / |
| Aboukowaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abukhova | 67 | 58 | / |
| Abutkova | 67 | 52 | / |
| Gabukova | 67 | 45 | / |
| Abudkova | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ebukaeva | 67 | 19 | / |
| Abukeeva | 67 | 11 | / |
| Avaukava | 67 | 8 | / |
| Habukova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obukahwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eboukewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avukoywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboukabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abukohwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeukova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Abukawa
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