Morikawa Surname
Approximately 83,944 people bear this surname
Morikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 82,019 | 1:1,559 | 285 |
| United States | 1,031 | 1:351,561 | 31,507 |
| Brazil | 600 | 1:356,791 | 13,662 |
| Thailand | 86 | 1:821,376 | 131,940 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Colombia | 32 | 1:1,492,940 | 10,821 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Morikawa (12) may also be a first name.
Morikawa Demographics
Average Morikawa Salary in
United States
$48,431 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Morikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Morikawa is most common in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Morikawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Morikawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,738th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 86,814 people. The surname Morikawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Morikawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
Morikawa is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 82,019 people, or 1 in 1,559. In Japan it is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Morikawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Morikawa last name are 21.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.3% being registered with the political party.
The amount Morikawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 200.41% more than the national average, earning S/. 58,234 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning $23,695,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.24% more than the national average, earning $48,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $54,050 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
- 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 Morikawa
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