Funakawa Surname
Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname
Funakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,289 | 1:99,181 | 6,030 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Funakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Funakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Funakawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Funakawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 292,632nd most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,580,050 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Funakawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 1,289 people, or 1 in 99,181. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Saitama Prefecture, where 19 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Funakawa
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