Kitawara Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kitawara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitawara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3181:402,02612,920
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605

Kitawara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kitawara is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kitawara.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitawara? popularity and diffusion

Kitawara is the 828,895th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kitawara reside; 95 percent reside in East Asia and 95 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Kitawara is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 402,026. In Japan it is mostly found in: Akita Prefecture, where 25 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 20 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan it is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 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 Kitawara
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