Hokawa Surname
Approximately 1,073 people bear this surname
Hokawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,070 | 1:119,481 | 6,703 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Hokawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hokawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hokawa is found most frequently in Japan. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 342,056th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,791,748 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hokawa reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 1,070 people, or 1 in 119,481. In Japan it is most frequent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Nara Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Beside Japan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Peru, where 0 percent live.
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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 Hokawa
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