Amakusa Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Amakusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 406 | 1:314,887 | 11,403 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Amakusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amakusa (Russian: Амакуса) is most common in Japan. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakusa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amakusa is the 701,000th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. Amakusa is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Amakusa are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
Amakusa is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 406 people, or 1 in 314,887. In Japan Amakusa is most common in: Aichi Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Beside Japan this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amakusai | 93 | 2 | / |
| Amakusi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amakisa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amakuza | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amakutsi | 80 | 55 | / |
| Omokusa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Amakosi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Emakisa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Amakose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ammakoucha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hemakuso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amakuchi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amakoshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamakose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amakouche | 63 | 2 | / |
| Hamakoshi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hamakuchi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ammakouche | 59 | 1 | / |
| Amokoso | 57 | 7 | / |
| Omokusi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omokushi | 53 | 5 | / |
| Omakuchi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Oumokisa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omoikusi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Amoukosse | 50 | 1 | / |
| Amoukossi | 50 | 1 | / |
Amakusa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amakusa in the Russian language | ||
| Амакуса | amakusa | - |
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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
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- 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 Amakusa
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