Morishima Surname

25,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,060 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Morishima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morishima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan20,8781:6,123935
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Morishima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morishima is found most in Japan. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morishima? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 25,594th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 346,037 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Morishima reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Morishima is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 20,878 people, or 1 in 6,123. In Japan Morishima is primarily concentrated in: Aichi Prefecture, where 12 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Excluding Japan Morishima exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Morishima Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Morishima surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Morishima earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.93% more than the national average, earning $53,906 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morisima941/
Marishima8912/
Morisema821/
Marushima782,790/
Morissimo784/
Merishemma741/
Moriseme7112/
Moricema714/
Merisema711/
Mericima711/
Marichimi676/
Marissimi671/
Mauriseme561/
Murisemgo561/

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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
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  • 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 Morishima
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