Morimasa Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Morimasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morimasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan541:2,367,48729,899
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Morimasa (9,506) may also be a first name.

Morimasa Last Name Facts

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

Morimasa is found most in Japan. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morimasa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,255,512th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Morimasa reside; 76 percent reside in East Asia and 76 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Morimasa is also the 63,393rd most widely held given name internationally It is held by 9,506 people.

It is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 2,367,487. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 89 percent live, Shimane Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Fukui Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Other than Japan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morimassa9415/
Morimasha942/
Morimoussa784/
Marimasi7518/
Marimosa751/
Mourimoussa741/
Morimachi71233/
Marimaysi713/
Morimosso712/
Marrimasi711/
Morimousso673/
Marimosi638/
Morimoussou631/
Murimosi631/
Maremesa5025/
Marumesa502/
Meremeza501/

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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 Morimasa
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