Tobikawa Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tobikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tobikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan5651:226,2739,597
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tobikawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tobikawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tobikawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tobikawa is the 560,645th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tobikawa live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Tobikawa is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 226,273. In Japan Tobikawa is mostly found in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 42 percent live, Kyoto Prefecture, where 21 percent live and Shiga Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Other than Japan it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 0 percent live.

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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 Tobikawa
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