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 last name Kanazawa is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanazawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,893rd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 88,800 people. The surname Kanazawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kanazawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 80,892 people, or 1 in 1,580. In Japan Kanazawa is mostly concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Kanazawa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kanazawa surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72% being 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
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  • 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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