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 more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Sankawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sankawa reside; 91 percent reside in East Asia and 91 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Sankawa is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,331,711. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Ehime Prefecture, where 47 percent reside, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 28 percent reside and Kagawa Prefecture, where 18 percent reside. Beside Japan it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 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 Sankawa
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