Arikawa Surname

41,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Arikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan12,0811:10,5821,428
Brazil1641:1,305,33144,621
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Arikawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Arikawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Arikawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arikawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,871st most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 584,641 people. The last name Arikawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Arikawa are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Arikawa is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 12,081 people, or 1 in 10,582. In Japan Arikawa is most frequent in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 19 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Japan Arikawa occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Arikawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Arikawa surname are 20.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74.07% registered with the political party.

Arikawa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $42,654 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Araikawa93438/
Harikawa9357/
Ariekawa931/
Arikawas931/
Haraikawa88955/
Arikawe861,373/
Erikawa861,303/
Orikawa86846/
Arikowa8635/
Arikava8611/
Aricawa868/
Arikawo865/
Horikawa8047,669/
Harukawa801,425/
Arikawei8090/
Arikaeva801/
Horiskawa751/
Arikova71487/
Erikowa71141/
Arikabe7159/
Arikowe7110/
Orikava718/
Arikoba713/
Aricava712/
Erikava711/
Arekaeva6787/
Garikova6776/
Erikaeva6749/
Arikeeva6720/
Arukaeva6714/
Horikava6714/
Arikhova6713/
Aricahua6713/
Atrikova6712/
Arikewea671/
Horikowa671/
Eurukawa671/
Aerikova671/
Arykaeva671/
Arzikova671/
Arikajue671/
Asrikova671/
Arikewuo671/
Oriskawe671/
Harikova671/
Harikoba671/
Horikaba671/

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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 Arikawa
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