Kuriwaki Surname

478,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 698 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Kuriwaki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kuriwaki Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6951:183,9498,594
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kuriwaki Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kuriwaki is found most in Japan. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuriwaki? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kuriwaki is the 478,427th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,440,610 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kuriwaki live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 695 people, or 1 in 183,949. In Japan Kuriwaki is most numerous in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 56 percent live, Aichi Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 13 percent live. Outside of Japan this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiriwaki8849/
Kuriwaka882/
Kiriwakoi828/
Kiriwake751/
Kuriboki751/
Kurewoski711/
Kurewaca633/
Kuruvake632/
Kurewosky594/
Koroiwaca591/

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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 Kuriwaki
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