Nishiama Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Nishiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nishiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nishiama is most common in Brazil. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishiama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Nishiama reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 3,567,906. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 82 percent reside, Paraná, where 10 percent reside and Federal District, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nishihama | 94 | 3,749 | / |
| Nishijama | 94 | 11 | / |
| Nisiama | 93 | 134 | / |
| Nishyama | 88 | 25 | / |
| Nichiama | 88 | 3 | / |
| Naisiama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nisihama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ngisiama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Neshiama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nushihama | 82 | 346 | / |
| Nitchiama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nesiama | 80 | 369 | / |
| Niseama | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nisiame | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nixiama | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nusiama | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nesiamat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naisiamoi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nesiamo | 67 | 100 | / |
| Nesiamy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nesiami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nusjjama | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngesiami | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nessiami | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nesciame | 63 | 0 | / |
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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 Nishiama
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