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 surname Hirokawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirokawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 25,575th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 345,840 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Hirokawa are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

Hirokawa is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 20,633 people, or 1 in 6,196. In Japan Hirokawa is primarily concentrated in: Niigata Prefecture, where 16 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 13 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside. Other than Japan it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Hirokawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hirokawa surname are 30.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.61% being registered with 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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