Asakawa Surname

124,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Asakawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asakawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3,2051:39,8893,534
United States2221:1,632,698109,247
Brazil1451:1,476,37549,524
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
England21:27,859,030389,889
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Asakawa Last Name Facts

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

Asakawa occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Asakawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asakawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 124,423rd most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,988,959 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Asakawa live; 88 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Asakawa is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 3,205 people, or 1 in 39,889. In Japan Asakawa is most common in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Not including Japan this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Asakawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Asakawa surname are 10.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.27% registered with the party.

Asakawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.64% more than the national average, earning $54,212 USD per year.

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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 Asakawa
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