Kitasato Surname
Approximately 2,545 people bear this surname
Kitasato Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,512 | 1:50,893 | 4,075 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kitasato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitasato Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitasato is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitasato? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kitasato is the 169,550th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,863,476 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kitasato live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 2,512 people, or 1 in 50,893. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Kumamoto Prefecture, where 46 percent reside, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 11 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Japan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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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