Shinkawa Surname

27,649th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shinkawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shinkawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan19,0621:6,7071,011
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
Brazil1681:1,274,25243,696
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Shinkawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shinkawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shinkawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shinkawa is the 27,649th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 374,681 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shinkawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 19,062 people, or 1 in 6,707. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live. Outside of Japan this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Shinkawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shinkawa last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.16% being registered with the political party.

Shinkawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.23% more than the national average, earning $56,192 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
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  • 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 Shinkawa
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