Moukawa Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Moukawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 123 | 1:1,039,384 | 20,447 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Moukawa (13) may also be a first name.
Moukawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moukawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moukawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moukawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moukawa is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Moukawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 1,039,384. In Japan it is most numerous in: Tottori Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Kumamoto Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 15 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 2 percent live and The Congo, where 1 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 Moukawa
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