Furukawa Surname
Approximately 192,637 people bear this surname
Furukawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 188,825 | 1:677 | 108 |
| United States | 1,548 | 1:234,147 | 22,512 |
| Brazil | 1,176 | 1:182,036 | 7,029 |
| Thailand | 442 | 1:159,815 | 25,560 |
| Canada | 150 | 1:245,637 | 23,369 |
| Mexico | 73 | 1:1,700,359 | 17,324 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Peru | 37 | 1:859,030 | 17,841 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Paraguay | 21 | 1:344,607 | 5,239 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Furukawa (18) may also be a first name.
Furukawa Demographics
Average Furukawa Salary in
United States
$52,735 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Furukawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furukawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furukawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Furukawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,920th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 37,830 people. Furukawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Furukawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Furukawa is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 18 people.
Furukawa is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 188,825 people, or 1 in 677. In Japan Furukawa is mostly concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Aside from Japan Furukawa is found in 46 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Furukawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Furukawa surname are 20.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.62% being registered with the political party.
The amount Furukawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 461.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 108,896 per year; in United States they earn 22.22% more than the national average, earning $52,735 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.09% more than the national average, earning $56,683 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
- 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 Furukawa
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