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
Michikawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Michikawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 716,247th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Michikawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 315,665. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 86 percent live, Saitama Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent live. Barring Japan it 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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