Nakaniwa Surname
Approximately 2,505 people bear this surname
Nakaniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,476 | 1:51,633 | 4,118 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Nakaniwa (112) may also be a first name.
Nakaniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakaniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakaniwa is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakaniwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,816th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,909,200 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nakaniwa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Nakaniwa is also the 885,979th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 112 people.
It is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 2,476 people, or 1 in 51,633. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 30 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 15 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nakaniwa
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