Niikawa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Niikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Niikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niikawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Niikawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Niikawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Niikawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Niikawa live; 62 percent live in East Asia and 62 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 15,980,537. In Japan Niikawa is mostly concentrated in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 13 percent live, Kagawa Prefecture, where 13 percent live and Nagasaki Prefecture, where 13 percent live. Beside Japan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 15 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 Niikawa
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