Nishikuma Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Nishikuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nishikuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2041:626,68816,157
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670

Nishikuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nishikuma is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nishikuma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Nishikuma live; 84 percent live in East Asia and 84 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 626,688. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 74 percent live, Saga Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 15 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

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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 Nishikuma
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