Ogashiwa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Ogashiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogashiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Ogashiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogashiwa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogashiwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Ogashiwa are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Ogashiwa is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 25,568,859. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 80 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 45 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

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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 Ogashiwa
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