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 last name Hokawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hokawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 342,056th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,791,748 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Hokawa reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 1,070 people, or 1 in 119,481. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Chiba Prefecture, where 15 percent are found and Nara Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Japan Hokawa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Peru, where 0 percent are found.
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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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