Ashikawa Surname

79,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Ashikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6,0671:21,0722,329
Brazil411:5,221,325132,593
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France11:66,422,722504,397
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Ashikawa Last Name Facts

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

Ashikawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashikawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 79,221st most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,183,235 people. Ashikawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ashikawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 6,067 people, or 1 in 21,072. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 28 percent reside, Shizuoka Prefecture, where 25 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 21 percent reside. Barring Japan Ashikawa exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Ashikawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ashikawa surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ashikawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 47.85% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,109 per year; in United States they earn 20.53% less than the national average, earning $34,289 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.73% more than the national average, earning $52,032 CAD per year.

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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 Ashikawa
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