Michikawa Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Michikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 405 | 1:315,665 | 11,415 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Michikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Michikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Michikawa is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Michikawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Michikawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 716,247th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Michikawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
Michikawa is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 405 people, or 1 in 315,665. In Japan Michikawa is most prevalent in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 86 percent live, Saitama Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent live. Beside Japan this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 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 Michikawa
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