Oshikawa Surname

77,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Oshikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oshikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6,0941:20,9792,323
Brazil1441:1,486,62749,780
Peru281:1,135,14720,057
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Oshikawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oshikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Oshikawa is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oshikawa? popularity and diffusion

Oshikawa is the 77,665th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,157,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Oshikawa live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 6,094 people, or 1 in 20,979. In Japan Oshikawa is mostly concentrated in: Miyazaki Prefecture, where 54 percent are found, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 7 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Peru, where 0 percent are found.

Oshikawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oshikawa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Oshikawa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 47.35% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,206 per year and in United States they earn 36.51% less than the national average, earning $27,394 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoshikawa9412,452/
Osikawa936/
Ashikawa886,159/
Ushikawa88285/
Ochikawa8818/
Hosikawa8817/
Oshikava885/
Hashikawa823,721/
Gushikawa82222/
Osikawaya821/
Oschicawa821/
Asikawa801/
Ushicawa7511/
Hosikava754/
Hasikawa751/
Ashicawa751/
Hachikawa71767/
Oshitkova7186/
Uchhikawa711/
Oschikova711/
Ozekawa67488/
Osikova67299/
Asekawa67120/
Oshchikova676/
Hasseikawa675/
Asikewa671/
Asikawe671/
Asukawa671/
Esekawa671/

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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
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  • 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 Oshikawa
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