Kitahara Surname

11,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kitahara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitahara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan48,4441:2,639455
Brazil3991:536,52720,103
United States3261:1,111,83780,317
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
France31:22,140,907385,998
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tonga11:107,313791
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Kitahara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kitahara is found most frequently in Japan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitahara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kitahara is the 11,391st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 147,787 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kitahara are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 48,444 people, or 1 in 2,639. In Japan Kitahara is most numerous in: Nagano Prefecture, where 21 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Japan this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Kitahara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kitahara last name are 0.13999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.09% registered to vote for the political party.

Kitahara earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.88% more than the national average, earning $67,690 USD per year.

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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 Kitahara
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