Ookawa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ookawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ookawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ookawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ookawa is found most frequently in Japan. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ookawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Ookawa is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Ookawa live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 88 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 18,263,470. In Japan it is most frequent in: Saitama Prefecture, where 14 percent reside and Toyama Prefecture, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Ookawa
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