Shagawa Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shagawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shagawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6361:201,0139,017
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Shagawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shagawa occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shagawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Shagawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shagawa is the 510,931st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shagawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

Shagawa is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 636 people, or 1 in 201,013. In Japan it is most frequent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 57 percent are found, Nagano Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Niigata Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Barring Japan Shagawa exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Bahrain, where 0 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 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 Shagawa
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