Karikawa Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Karikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3611:354,13912,076
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Karikawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karikawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karikawa? popularity and diffusion

Karikawa is the 780,352nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,075,884 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Karikawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 354,139. In Japan it is most numerous in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 47 percent are found, Aichi Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 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 Karikawa
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