Muneshige Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Muneshige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Muneshige 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
Japan4991:256,20110,284
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Muneshige (894) may also be a first name.

Muneshige Last Name Facts

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

Muneshige occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muneshige? popularity and diffusion

It is the 616,129th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname Muneshige occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Muneshige live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 271,765th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 894 people.

The surname Muneshige is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 256,201. In Japan Muneshige is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 42 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 28 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

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
Mineshige891/
Minshige825/
Monshige822/
Munasighe78367/
Miwa Yoneshige701/
Munaiseche63493/
Miniseighe631/
Montiage5932/
Minesugi594/
Mantiage591/
Monshougi561/
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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 Muneshige
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