Kitashi Surname

373,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kitashi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitashi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan9011:141,8927,379
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Kitashi (319) may also be a first name.

Kitashi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kitashi is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitashi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 373,745th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,599,109 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Kitashi are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kitashi is also the 491,536th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 319 people.

Kitashi is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 141,892. In Japan Kitashi is most frequent in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 44 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 19 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, 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 Kitashi
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