Matsuwaka Surname
Approximately 791 people bear this surname
Matsuwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 773 | 1:165,387 | 8,092 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
Matsuwaka (51) may also be a first name.
Matsuwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsuwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matsuwaka occurs most in Japan. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsuwaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matsuwaka is the 434,504th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 9,213,080 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Matsuwaka live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name in the world It is held by 51 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 165,387. In Japan Matsuwaka is primarily concentrated in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 27 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 23 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 18 percent live. Not including Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Matsuwaka
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