as a Last Name
- 762
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Nishikawa
Meaning & Origins
Japanese: ‘western river’; mostly found in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. A less common, alternative pronunciation, Saikawa, is from eastern Japan. A few bearers are of samurai origin.
| 29,020th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 762
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Nishikawa per capita
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