Narukawa Surname

231,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Narukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Narukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,7011:75,1585,179
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Narukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Narukawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Narukawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Narukawa is the 231,065th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,164,312 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Narukawa live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Narukawa is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 1,701 people, or 1 in 75,158. In Japan it is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 18 percent reside, Okayama Prefecture, where 9 percent reside and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Japan this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naraukawa944/
Narikawa887,673/
Narukhaeva781/
Norikawa75261/
Narukova75114/
Naricawa755/
Narikava754/
Narukoba751/
Narikaeva7167/
Narzukova7131/
Narzhukova672/
Natruskova671/
Narikova6365/
Narokova6312/
Nerukova639/
Narukobe632/
Nerukhova599/
Narikeeva596/
Nerikaeva591/
Naarikova591/
Naurzokova5625/

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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
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  • 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 Narukawa
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