Kitagawa Surname
Approximately 113,650 people bear this surname
Kitagawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 111,185 | 1:1,150 | 210 |
| United States | 1,189 | 1:304,844 | 28,044 |
| Brazil | 531 | 1:403,153 | 15,361 |
| Canada | 385 | 1:95,703 | 10,417 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Paraguay | 39 | 1:185,558 | 3,539 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Kitagawa (28) may also be a first name.
Kitagawa Demographics
Average Kitagawa Salary in
United States
$52,672 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kitagawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitagawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kitagawa is most common in Japan. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitagawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,978th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 64,123 people. The last name Kitagawa is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kitagawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kitagawa is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 28 people.
It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 111,185 people, or 1 in 1,150. In Japan Kitagawa is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Shiga Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 7 percent live. Not including Japan Kitagawa is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Kitagawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kitagawa surname are 19.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.32% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kitagawa earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 22.07% more than the national average, earning $52,672 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.76% more than the national average, earning $59,006 CAD 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 Kitagawa
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