Nishikage Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nishikage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nishikage 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
Japan6071:210,6179,243
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Nishikage Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nishikage is found most in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nishikage? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 531,574th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. The surname Nishikage occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nishikage are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 607 people, or 1 in 210,617. In Japan Nishikage is most prevalent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 43 percent live, Ehime Prefecture, where 13 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Japan it occurs in one country. It is also found in Chile, where 0 percent live.

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
Nishikagi89120/
Nishikaze8911/
Nishikaji78219/
Nishikigi78121/
Nishikaichi7056/
Nishikoji67200/

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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 Nishikage
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