Murakashi Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Murakashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 166 | 1:770,146 | 17,811 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Murakashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murakashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murakashi occurs most in Japan. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Murakashi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,300,225th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Murakashi live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
Murakashi is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 770,146. In Japan Murakashi is mostly found in: Tochigi Prefecture, where 45 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 29 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 24 percent reside. Outside of Japan it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murakoshi | 89 | 18,122 | / |
| Murakasha | 89 | 84 | / |
| Mirakashi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Murekasi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Murakazi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Morakasi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Murakachitt | 80 | 6 | / |
| Murokoshi | 78 | 15 | / |
| Morakoshi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Murakosai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Murakhochi | 74 | 7 | / |
| Murakacitt | 74 | 3 | / |
| Muraközi | 71 | 101 | / |
| Murekesi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Murakozi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morokoshi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muraközy | 59 | 136 | / |
| Murakozy | 59 | 13 | / |
| Morokossi | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Murakashi
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