Kaneko Surname
Approximately 327,079 people bear this surname
Kaneko Surname User-submission:
From the Kanji 金 (kin, meaning 'money' or 'gold') and 子 (ko, meaning 'child'). It literally translates as 'money child' or 'golden child'.
Kaneko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 322,779 | 1:396 | 51 |
| United States | 1,585 | 1:228,681 | 22,065 |
| Brazil | 1,015 | 1:210,911 | 8,134 |
| Thailand | 526 | 1:134,293 | 20,771 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Indonesia | 140 | 1:944,637 | 69,875 |
| Singapore | 137 | 1:40,202 | 1,485 |
| Philippines | 93 | 1:1,088,583 | 89,772 |
| Marshall Islands | 76 | 1:682 | 149 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Peru | 53 | 1:599,700 | 15,316 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Kaneko (26,198) may also be a first name.
Kaneko Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
From the Kanji 金 (kin, meaning 'money' or 'gold') and 子 (ko, meaning 'child'). It literally translates as 'money child' or 'golden child'.
- zonelingKaneko Demographics
Average Male Kaneko Height
171.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kaneko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaneko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaneko (Hindi: कनेको, Russian: Канэко, Tibetan: ཀ་ནེ་ཀོ།) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kaneko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaneko? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,678th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 22,281 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kaneko reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kaneko is also the 30,876th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 26,198 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 322,779 people, or 1 in 396. In Japan Kaneko is most common in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Barring Japan this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Kaneko Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kaneko last name are 13.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.15% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kaneko earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 76.55% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,225 per year; in United States they earn 25.56% more than the national average, earning $54,178 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.18% more than the national average, earning $56,727 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaneko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneko in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ནེ་ཀོ། | kanéko | - |
| Kaneko in the Hindi language | ||
| कनेको | kaneko | - |
| Kaneko in the Russian language | ||
| Канэко | kaneko | - |
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