Nigorikawa Surname

400,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 877 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nigorikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nigorikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan8741:146,2757,527
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nigorikawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nigorikawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nigorikawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 400,713th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nigorikawa live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

Nigorikawa is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 874 people, or 1 in 146,275. In Japan Nigorikawa is most numerous in: Niigata Prefecture, where 38 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Aside from Japan Nigorikawa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 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
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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 Nigorikawa
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