Samukawa Surname

75,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Samukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6,4611:19,7872,238
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Samukawa Last Name Facts

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

Samukawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samukawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 75,802nd most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,126,011 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Samukawa reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 6,461 people, or 1 in 19,787. In Japan Samukawa is mostly found in: Kagawa Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Wakayama Prefecture, where 17 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Other than Japan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Samukawa Last Name Statistics demography

Samukawa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $41,021 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 Samukawa
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