Hirokawa Surname

25,575th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,072 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Hirokawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hirokawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan20,6331:6,196945
United States2871:1,262,92389,039
Brazil911:2,352,46572,498
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Hirokawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hirokawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirokawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 25,575th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 345,840 people. The last name Hirokawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Hirokawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 20,633 people, or 1 in 6,196. In Japan Hirokawa is most numerous in: Niigata Prefecture, where 16 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 13 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live. Besides Japan it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Hirokawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hirokawa last name are 30.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.61% registered to vote for the political party.

Hirokawa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.94% more than the national average, earning $45,282 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irokawa931,995/
Hirukawa887,001/
Hirakawa883,969/
Hurokawa884/
Irokaba8034/
Irekawa809/
Irakawa803/
Hirakava7530/
Hiracawa754/
Chirokova7114/
Hirakauva717/
Urakawa6715,343/
Irokova673/
Irakava671/
Erakawa671/

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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 Hirokawa
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