Kamashima Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Kamashima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 190 | 1:672,865 | 16,704 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kamashima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamashima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamashima is found most frequently in Japan. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamashima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,218,745th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Kamashima occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kamashima live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 672,865. In Japan Kamashima is mostly found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 25 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 25 percent reside and Gunma Prefecture, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kamashima
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