Yoshikawa Surname
Approximately 186,091 people bear this surname
Yoshikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 182,891 | 1:699 | 112 |
| United States | 1,261 | 1:287,438 | 26,710 |
| Brazil | 924 | 1:231,682 | 8,958 |
| Thailand | 345 | 1:204,749 | 33,959 |
| Singapore | 227 | 1:24,263 | 950 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Peru | 45 | 1:706,314 | 16,453 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Marshall Islands | 6 | 1:8,637 | 1,214 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Yoshikawa (36) may also be a first name.
Yoshikawa Demographics
Average Male Yoshikawa Height
169.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yoshikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoshikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoshikawa is most common in Japan. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoshikawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yoshikawa is the 3,019th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 39,161 people. The surname Yoshikawa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Yoshikawa live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Yoshikawa is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 182,891 people, or 1 in 699. In Japan Yoshikawa is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Japan this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Yoshikawa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yoshikawa surname are 17.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.92% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yoshikawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 371.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 91,465 per year; in United States they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning $54,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.2% more than the national average, earning $53,261 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshickawa | 95 | 3 | / |
| Yosshikawa | 95 | 1 | / |
| Yoshikawat | 95 | 1 | / |
| Yosikawa | 94 | 60 | / |
| Yoshikava | 89 | 18 | / |
| Yoshicawa | 89 | 13 | / |
| Yochikawa | 89 | 11 | / |
| Ioshikawa | 89 | 5 | / |
| Yashikawa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Yoshekawa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yosekawa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Yoshicava | 78 | 8 | / |
| Yochicawa | 78 | 2 | / |
| Iochikawa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Yasukawa | 71 | 19,037 | / |
| Yasekawa | 71 | 15 | / |
| Yasikava | 71 | 15 | / |
| Yosekava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yosikova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yochicava | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yassukawa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ioshicava | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yoshikawa
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