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 found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moukawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,604,449th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Moukawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most common forename in the world, held by 13 people.
The last name Moukawa is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 1,039,384. In Japan it is most frequent in: Tottori Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Kumamoto Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 15 percent live. Aside from Japan Moukawa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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