Kamaishi Surname
Approximately 921 people bear this surname
Kamaishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 920 | 1:138,961 | 7,296 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kamaishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamaishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamaishi is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamaishi? popularity and diffusion
Kamaishi is the 385,671st most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. The surname Kamaishi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kamaishi live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Kamaishi is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 920 people, or 1 in 138,961. In Japan it is most common in: Iwate Prefecture, where 51 percent are found, Aomori Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kamaishi
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