Kitasato Surname

169,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kitasato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitasato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,5121:50,8934,075
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
United States101:36,245,893832,629
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kitasato Last Name Facts

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

Kitasato is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitasato? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kitasato is the 169,550th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,863,476 people. The surname Kitasato is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kitasato reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Kitasato is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 2,512 people, or 1 in 50,893. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Kumamoto Prefecture, where 46 percent reside, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 11 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Not including Japan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Kitasato
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