Sakukawa Surname

154,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,846 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sakukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,8161:45,3993,811
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Sakukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sakukawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakukawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 154,288th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,560,628 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sakukawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 2,816 people, or 1 in 45,399. In Japan it is most frequent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 82 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 2 percent live. Beside Japan Sakukawa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakhukawa941/
Sakikawa881,342/
Sakokawa88546/
Sokukawa8810/
Sakukava882/
Shokukawa82286/
Siakukowa821/
Sekikawa7512,895/
Sakhukova718/
Shakukova711/
Sakokova631/
Zakokowa631/
Sakikova631/
Chakukova5914/
Zakutkova593/
Jakuskova591/
Sokhukova591/
Sakhikova591/
Jakushkova563/

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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 Sakukawa
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