Hirukawa Surname

70,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Hirukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hirukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6,9511:18,3922,135
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
France11:66,422,722504,397

Hirukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hirukawa is found most frequently in Japan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hirukawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirukawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 70,605th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,040,929 people. The last name Hirukawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hirukawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

It is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 6,951 people, or 1 in 18,392. In Japan it is mostly found in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 33 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Mie Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Beside Japan this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Hirukawa Last Name Statistics demography

Hirukawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.67% more than the national average, earning $54,656 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hirokawa8821,072/
Hurukawa8816/
Irokawa801,995/
Irikawa8080/
Urukawa802/
Eurukawa751/
Hairukova711/
Erikawa671,303/
Irukova675/
Urukava671/

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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
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  • 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 Hirukawa
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