Oigawa Surname
Approximately 1,502 people bear this surname
Oigawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,477 | 1:86,557 | 5,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Oigawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oigawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oigawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Oigawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oigawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oigawa is the 261,328th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,851,895 people. The last name Oigawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Oigawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 1,477 people, or 1 in 86,557. In Japan Oigawa is most numerous in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 28 percent live, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 22 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live. Other than Japan this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
- 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 Oigawa
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