Okawa Surname
Approximately 87,363 people bear this surname
Okawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 85,899 | 1:1,488 | 273 |
| United States | 491 | 1:738,206 | 57,824 |
| Brazil | 450 | 1:475,721 | 17,994 |
| Thailand | 98 | 1:720,799 | 118,830 |
| Uganda | 87 | 1:448,727 | 26,843 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 14 | 1:3,899 | 389 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Okawa (28) may also be a first name.
Okawa Demographics
Average Okawa Salary in
United States
$50,103 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okawa is found most in Japan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okawa is the 6,467th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 83,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Okawa are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The last name Okawa is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 85,899 people, or 1 in 1,488. In Japan it is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Chiba Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Okawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okawa surname are 0.34999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.88% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 281.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 73,980 per year; in United States they earn 16.12% more than the national average, earning $50,103 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.15% more than the national average, earning $53,732 CAD per year.
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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 Okawa
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