Surname Маэкава (前川 
, Maekawa 
, Maekava 
) , in the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname Маэкава is habitual in Japan, where it is a rare surname, Estonia, and South Korea. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. Much less frequently, Маэкава is the forename as well as the last name.