Sarukawa Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sarukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4961:257,75110,313
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sarukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarukawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarukawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 616,129th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname Sarukawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sarukawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 257,751. In Japan Sarukawa is mostly concentrated in: Miyazaki Prefecture, where 36 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Besides Japan Sarukawa exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarikawa881/
Sarukowa881/
Sarukhaeva785/
Serikawa753,765/
Sarukova7523/
Serukava753/
Sarikava751/
Saurukova7142/
Serukaeva7133/
Sharukoba7121/
Sharukova7119/
Zarukaeva7114/
Sarukhova713/
Satrukova712/
Sarukeeva711/
Shatrukova6746/
Sharukeeva678/
Sharikaeva676/
Scharikowa671/

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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 Sarukawa
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