Shirokawa Surname

346,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,056 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shirokawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirokawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,0331:123,7606,848
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Shirokawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shirokawa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirokawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 346,411th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,901,085 people. The last name Shirokawa is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shirokawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Shirokawa is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 1,033 people, or 1 in 123,760. In Japan it is primarily found in: Toyama Prefecture, where 24 percent live, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 17 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Aside from Japan Shirokawa exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Shirokawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shirokawa last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Shirokawa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 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 Shirokawa
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