Himemiya Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Himemiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Himemiya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1481:863,81318,748
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Himemiya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Himemiya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Himemiya is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Himemiya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Himemiya is the 1,434,893rd most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. Himemiya occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Himemiya live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 863,813. In Japan it is most frequent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 86 percent live, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Aichi Prefecture, where 1 percent live. Barring Japan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Imamiya802,085/
Umemiya801,693/
Imamiyah7584/
Imoemiye7526/
Jimamiya751/
Imemai71124/
Imemui711/
Huimeimei711/
Immemai671/
Imemmai671/
Ememuya671/
Umemeya671/
Imomiye671/
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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 Himemiya
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