Morokawa Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Morokawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morokawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Morokawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Morokawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Morokawa is most common in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morokawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Morokawa is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Morokawa is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Morokawa are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 6,116,409. In Brazil Morokawa is primarily found in: Paraná, where 49 percent reside, São Paulo, where 37 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murokawa88901/
Morakawa8812/
Murakawa7514,892/
Marukawa753,549/
Morokova75984/
Morocaba751/
Morokowi751/
Morokhova71857/
Morozkova71509/
Morokowei7138/
Moroskova715/
Morekaeva715/
Morokoiwe715/
Morokkova711/
Murakaywa711/
Murakawua711/
Marakawad711/
Marokaeva711/
Morokhoeva67147/
Morochkova6716/
Moroshkova6711/
Motrokhova679/
Motrakavad671/
Marakawaad671/

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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 Morokawa
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