Kanehama Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Kanehama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,211 | 1:105,569 | 6,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kanehama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanehama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanehama is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanehama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,758th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. The surname Kanehama occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanehama live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
Kanehama is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 1,211 people, or 1 in 105,569. In Japan Kanehama is most prevalent in: Aomori Prefecture, where 32 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 28 percent are found and Iwate Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Barring Japan this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, 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 Kanehama
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