Surname Ogawa

Family name Ogawa (オガワ , 小川 , Ogawa ) , in the entire world, is a common last name. The last name Ogawa is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in China, Japan, and Brazil. More frequently, Ogawa is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ogawa

VARIANT	COUNTRY
オガワ	Japan
小川	Japan, China
Ogawa	China, Japan, Indonesia, United States, Brazil
Огава	Ukraine, Russia

Last names said to be same

Bikawa, Oikawa, Okawa, Onogawa, Oyokawa, Ozawa, Shinokawa, Sinokawa, Бикава, Одзава, Томоко, Хироси, โอกาวะ, おいかわ, おがわ, おざわ, 及川, and 雄川

Notable namesakes

	ogawa no miya son of Japanese emperor Go-Komatsu (b. 1404)
	ogawa nobuaki (b. 1554)
	taidō ogawa (b. 1814)
	ogawa teikan Japanese swordsmith (1828-1898) (b. 1828)
	ogawa shomin Japanese artist, JP (b. 1847)
	frank h. ogawa American politician (1917-1994), US (b. 1917)
	naohiro ogawa Population economist from Japan, JP (b. 1944)
	hanjirō ogawa (b. 1884)
	junjirō ogawa Ph.D. (b. 1915)
	elmer ogawa (b. 1906)
	keiko ogawa Japanese painter, ES (b. 1974)
	kōzō ogawa Japanese photographer (b. 1928)
	kazuo ogawa Japanese parasitologist
	carlton ogawa Canadian rower, CA (b. 1934)
	kazuo ogawa economist (Osaka University) (b. 1935)

Characteristic forenames

Ma, Ed, En, Ei, Ho, Hi, Fu, Ni, Ie, Wa, Yo, Yu, Man, May, Mai, On, Max, To, Jo, Mr, Ms, So, An, Ai, Bu, Ju, Bi, Ko, Ki, Ri, Go, Ge, La, Ka, and Mao