Murakawa Surname

35,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Murakawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murakawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan14,4081:8,8731,248
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
Brazil1951:1,097,81738,391
Mexico581:2,140,10719,397
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Murakawa Last Name Facts

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

Murakawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murakawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Murakawa is the 35,476th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 489,360 people. Murakawa is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Murakawa live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Murakawa is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 14,408 people, or 1 in 8,873. In Japan Murakawa is mostly found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 14 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live and Nagasaki Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Murakawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Murakawa last name are 32.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86% registered to vote for the political party.

Murakawa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.37% more than the national average, earning $65,744 USD 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 Murakawa
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