Eikawa Surname
Approximately 3,001 people bear this surname
Eikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,964 | 1:43,132 | 3,713 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Eikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eikawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eikawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 147,517th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,428,373 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Eikawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 2,964 people, or 1 in 43,132. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 13 percent are found, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 13 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Japan Eikawa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Eikawa
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