Nakanoue Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nakanoue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakanoue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1091:1,172,88321,724
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nakanoue Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakanoue is found most in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakanoue? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nakanoue live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,172,883. In Japan Nakanoue is mostly found in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 57 percent are found, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 25 percent are found and Toyama Prefecture, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Japan this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakanou9312/
Nakanue935/
Ngakanou8895/
Naikanou881/
Nakangou881/
N'Nakanou827/
Nakanwe80196/
Nakanie8013/
Nakanye808/
Nakanoa802/
Nakanee801/
Nakanoi801/
Nakanau801/
Nakounou7538/
Nakanejo755/
Naikanae752/
Nakoynou751/
Nakanoya751/
Nakongoe751/
Nakongou751/
Nakanawe751/
Nakaniye751/
Ngakounou713/
Nakaumnwe711/
Nakanai6722/
Nakonye6722/
Nakenoi6717/
Nakanwa6710/
Nakoney677/
Nakonoi676/
Ngoukangou671/
Nekonou671/
Nekanau671/
Nakanbi671/
Nakonwe671/

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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 Nakanoue
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