Okikawa Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Okikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 538 | 1:237,629 | 9,845 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Okikawa Demographics
Okikawa Political Affiliation
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Okikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okikawa is found most frequently in Japan. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okikawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,789th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Okikawa live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Okikawa is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 538 people, or 1 in 237,629. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 44 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 21 percent reside and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Japan Okikawa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Okikawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Okikawa surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.17% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okikawa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.91% less than the national average, earning $39,738 USD 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 Okikawa
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