Sankawa Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Sankawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 96 | 1:1,331,711 | 23,057 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sankawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankawa is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,795,579th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sankawa are found; 91 percent are found in East Asia and 91 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,331,711. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Ehime Prefecture, where 47 percent are found, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 28 percent are found and Kagawa Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Besides Japan Sankawa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Sankawa
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