Namekawa Surname

67,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Namekawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namekawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7,3151:17,4772,069
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Namekawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namekawa is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namekawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namekawa is the 67,755th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 992,854 people. The surname Namekawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Namekawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 7,315 people, or 1 in 17,477. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Chiba Prefecture, where 30 percent reside, Ibaraki Prefecture, where 25 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

Namekawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Namekawa surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Namekawa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namikawa888,696/
Namakawa8819/
Namekava883/
Namekaba881/
Namekova753/
Namakowa752/
Namakawo752/
Namakaeva7117/
Nametkova718/
Nameykova714/
Naumekova711/
Namekavich671/

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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 Namekawa
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