Masukawa Surname

67,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Masukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7,0661:18,0932,113
United States1881:1,927,973124,806
Brazil731:2,932,52586,118
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Masukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masukawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masukawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 67,714th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 992,178 people. The last name Masukawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Masukawa live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Masukawa is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 7,066 people, or 1 in 18,093. In Japan it is mostly found in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Masukawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Masukawa surname are 7.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.61% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Masukawa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 39.74% more than the national average, earning $60,296 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.41% more than the national average, earning $73,238 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
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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 Masukawa
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