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
The last name Okawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okawa is the 6,467th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 83,417 people. The surname Okawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Okawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 85,899 people, or 1 in 1,488. In Japan Okawa is mostly found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Japan Okawa exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Okawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Okawa last name are 0.34999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.88% being registered with the political 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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