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
Matsuwaka is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsuwaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 434,504th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 9,213,080 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Matsuwaka are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Matsuwaka is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 51 people.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 165,387. In Japan Matsuwaka is mostly found in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 27 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 23 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 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 Matsuwaka
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