Yukawa Surname

29,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yukawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yukawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan17,9551:7,1201,065
United States2291:1,582,790106,555
Brazil1931:1,109,19338,758
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
France51:13,284,544357,392
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

Yukawa (11) may also be a first name.

Yukawa Last Name Facts

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

Yukawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yukawa? popularity and diffusion

Yukawa is the 29,089th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 395,053 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yukawa reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 17,955 people, or 1 in 7,120. In Japan Yukawa is most frequent in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Wakayama Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 14 percent live. Other than Japan this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Yukawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yukawa surname are 18.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.67% being registered with the political party.

Yukawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.7% more than the national average, earning $55,531 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Youkawa922/
Oyukawa921/
Jukawa8387/
Yukawi8311/
Iukawa8310/
Yukowa835/
Yukewa831/
Yukaeva77102/
Ayokawa7726/
Oyokawa772/
Jukawua771/
Yukhaeva7125/
Yukhaiva711/
Yukova67455/
Jokawa67121/
Iukava673/
Jukowa671/
Jucawa671/
Yukabo671/

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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 Yukawa
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