Itoigawa Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Itoigawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Itoigawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan8701:146,9477,549
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Itoigawa Last Name Facts

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

Itoigawa is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Itoigawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Itoigawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Itoigawa is the 401,796th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Itoigawa reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 870 people, or 1 in 146,947. In Japan it is most common in: Gifu Prefecture, where 72 percent reside, Aichi Prefecture, where 15 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Itogawa9331/
Itaigawa8823/
Itegawa8014/
Itagawa8013/
Itangawa7521/
Gitagawa754/
Hitagawa751/
Utagawa672,253/
Etigaba6747/
Itogova676/
Istogova6326/
Itogovi538/
Utagava532/
Etigova531/
Etougova504/
Etageway502/

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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 Itoigawa
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