Tsurukawa Surname

184,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tsurukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsurukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,2581:56,6184,352
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Tsurukawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsurukawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsurukawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 184,653rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,172,636 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tsurukawa reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Tsurukawa is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 2,258 people, or 1 in 56,618. In Japan it is most frequent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 18 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent reside and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Japan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsurikawa89139/
Tsurukava895/
Tsurukova7825/
Tsurikova671,360/
Tsourikova632/
Zurukova591/
Čurukova591/
Curukova591/
Churukova5683/
Tšurikova5619/
Zhurukova561/
Churukhova532/
Dzhurukova531/

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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 Tsurukawa
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