Shirakawa Surname

13,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shirakawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirakawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan41,2411:3,100526
Brazil1941:1,103,47638,577
United States1571:2,308,656143,524
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Peru271:1,177,19020,369
Paraguay181:402,0415,757
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Macau11:601,6301,582
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077

Shirakawa Last Name Facts

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

Shirakawa is most common in Japan. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirakawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,391st most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 174,560 people. The surname Shirakawa is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shirakawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Shirakawa is most common in Japan, where it is held by 41,241 people, or 1 in 3,100. In Japan Shirakawa is primarily found in: Kagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Japan it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Shirakawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shirakawa last name are 23.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.32% being registered with the party.

The amount Shirakawa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 71.32% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,210 per year; in United States they earn 26.86% more than the national average, earning $54,740 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.97% more than the national average, earning $65,072 CAD 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 Shirakawa
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