Tonegawa Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tonegawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonegawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1981:645,67816,383
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Tonegawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tonegawa is most common in Japan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonegawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tonegawa is the 912,827th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Tonegawa live; 69 percent live in East Asia and 68 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 645,678. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 65 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent reside and Saitama Prefecture, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Japan Tonegawa occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.

Tonegawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tonegawa are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tonegawa earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 75.93% more than the national average, earning $75,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.15% more than the national average, earning $63,671 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonogawa88104/
Tanegawa885/
Tonigawa881/
Tonagawa880/
Tanigawa7557,810/
Tanagawa75170/
Tanegava754/
Tenigawa751/
Tunegova63114/
Tanigava6344/
Tunegová50114/

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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 Tonegawa
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