Nakagawa is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nakagawa
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nakagawa

How popular is Nakagawa?

Nakagawa is common in Japan.

Nakagawa is ranked 1946 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nakagawas plummeted by 0.7349939 per cent to 2431 since 2000 and slipped by 970 spots and ranked at 12696. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
80.46 86.44
Others 11.48 7.27
White 4.9 4.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.96 1.35
Nakagawa is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 282110 people have been found who wears Nakagawa as their family name. Nakagawa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
2,011 South Korea4
1,014,159 India4
381,097 Ukraine4
2,113 Taiwan3
4,164 Vietnam2
19,093 Finland2
19,046 Ireland2
2,151 Fiji2
91,784 Netherlands2
10,395 Latvia2
28,232 Morocco2
7,847 Albania1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,877 Cuba1
17,768 Pakistan1
13,606 Senegal1
107,212 South Africa1
4,249 Cambodia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
91,024 Belgium1
10,958 Bangladesh1
17,236 Ghana1
8,859 Iraq1
9,591 Panama1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
38,841 Scotland1
2,057 Myanmar1
77,122 Sweden1
3,307 Malta1
11,831 Tajikistan1
13,447 Uganda1
2,724 New Caledonia1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
17,064 New Zealand31
3,338 Thailand27
36,547 Switzerland27
83,233 Spain16
406,964 Russia14
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,213 Australia95
3,514 Singapore95
2,858 Hong Kong83
Countries with hundreds of Nakagawa:
11,329 Mexico393
28,238 Germany370
14,837 Canada252
9,256 Peru199
66,174 France147
7,193 Chile135
40,399 Argentina119
37,308 England113
15,665 Malaysia101
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Nakagawa:
2,470 Brazil5,915
12,666 United States2,764
14,316 Philippines1,031
Countries with hundred thousands of Nakagawa:
44 Japan269,958
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Nakagawa Namesakes

  • Shoko Nakagawa, Tarento
  • Akiko Nakagawa, Voice actress
  • Akiko Nakagawa, Basketball Player
  • Akio Nakagawa, Film Editor
  • Azusa Nakagawa, Actress
  • Camila Nakagawa, Actor
  • Kōtarō Nakagawa, Composer
  • Kōtarō Nakagawa, Composer
  • Akiko Nakagawa, Voice actress
  • Rie Nakagawa, Voice actress
  • Goro Nakagawa, from 1928 drama film Dâsshutsû fûkushukî, who characterized N.
  • Utako Nakagawa, from 1921 drama movie Nasanu naka Oguchi, Tadashi, who played the N.
  • In 1995, Akira Nakagawa played the role of N in 0 film Ero dokyumento: Chô hentai jitsuwa.
  • In 2011 action, thriller movie, Black Angels, Miki Nakagawa played N.
  • Yûko Nakagawa played leading role of N in 1981 0 movie Chikan nozoki no kairaku.
  • Taishi Nakagawa, from 2017 comedy and drama flick Relife, who characterized Arata Kaizaki.
  • Shingo Nakagawa, from 2010 action and adventure flick Kamen raidâ x Kamen raidâ: Ôzu & Daburu feat. Sukaru movie taisen core, who characterized Shun Makura.
  • In 2001 drama movie, Danchizuma: Tonari no aegi, Mao Nakagawa portrayed Sachiko Kuroda.

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