Nishimur Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Japan

Nishimur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nishimur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Nishimur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nishimur occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nishimur? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Nishimur occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Nishimur are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Nishimur is most common in: California, where 50 percent are found and South Carolina, where 50 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and China, where 20 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
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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 Nishimur
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