Onkawa Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Onkawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 148 | 1:863,813 | 18,748 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Onkawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onkawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onkawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onkawa? popularity and diffusion
Onkawa is the 1,441,361st most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Onkawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Onkawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 863,813. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 95 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 3 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Japan Onkawa is found in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honkawa | 92 | 345 | / |
| Enkawa | 83 | 42 | / |
| Ankawa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Onkaba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Unkawa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Onkewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onkawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunkawa | 77 | 175 | / |
| Hankawa | 77 | 102 | / |
| Henkawa | 77 | 42 | / |
| Onkaeva | 77 | 28 | / |
| Ankawad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ankawai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ankaway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Angkaway | 71 | 32 | / |
| Angkawah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ungkawat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gankaawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonkhowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onkova | 67 | 385 | / |
| Ankawi | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ankava | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ankaba | 67 | 11 | / |
| Houngkowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enkewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gangkhawa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onkawa
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