Awakawa Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Awakawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Awakawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan641:1,997,56727,803
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Awakawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awakawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awakawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Awakawa is the 2,352,516th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Awakawa are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,997,567. In Japan Awakawa is most common in: Gifu Prefecture, where 36 percent live, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 31 percent live and Fukui Prefecture, where 23 percent live. Apart from Japan it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Havakawa801/
Oiwakawa801/
Ovakawa711/
Awokowa711/
Abokawa711/
Awekewa711/
Gavakava67120/
Avaukava678/
Avakaeva671/
Awakouba671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Awakawa
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