Kanazawa Surname

6,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kanazawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanazawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan80,8921:1,580289
United States3841:943,90370,502
Brazil3091:692,79725,465
Thailand1371:515,60889,652
Paraguay791:91,6042,196
Singapore771:71,5292,869
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Chile241:734,02016,565
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England51:11,143,612252,590
China51:273,464,31313,838
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Kanazawa (17) may also be a first name.

Kanazawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanazawa is most common in Japan. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanazawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,893rd most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 88,800 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanazawa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 17 people.

The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 80,892 people, or 1 in 1,580. In Japan it is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Japan Kanazawa occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Kanazawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kanazawa are 18.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72% registered to vote for the political party.

Kanazawa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.23% more than the national average, earning $54,467 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanasawa8831/
Kanezawa8830/
Kanozawa8824/
Kanazava8815/
Kanasawat827/
Khanasawa826/
Kanatsawa823/
Konozawa75938/
Kanosawa75352/
Kanesawa7528/
Kanasawe7517/
Kanasava7514/
Kanazova755/
Kanasawo754/
Canazava753/
Kanauzova714/
Kannosawa711/
Kanosahwa711/
Kanasavad711/
Khanajava711/
Kanazeeva711/

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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 Kanazawa
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