Karakawa Surname

233,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Karakawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karakawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,6211:78,8685,333
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Karakawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karakawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karakawa is the 233,514th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,219,772 people. The surname Karakawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Karakawa reside; 94 percent reside in East Asia and 94 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 1,621 people, or 1 in 78,868. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 32 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Okayama Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Beside Japan it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Karakawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Karakawa surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

Karakawa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning $49,321 USD per year.

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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 Karakawa
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