Genkai Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Genkai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 175 | 1:730,539 | 17,376 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Genkai (2,342) may also be a first name.
Genkai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genkai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Genkai is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Genkai? popularity and diffusion
Genkai is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. Genkai is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Genkai live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 153,675th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 2,342 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 730,539. In Japan Genkai is mostly concentrated in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 45 percent live, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 27 percent live and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 21 percent live. Barring Japan this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Genkai
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