Kitaiwa Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Kitaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 73 | 1:1,751,292 | 26,150 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kitaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitaiwa occurs most in Japan. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitaiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kitaiwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
Kitaiwa is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 1,751,292. In Japan Kitaiwa is mostly found in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 59 percent are found, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 29 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 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 Kitaiwa
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