Okishima Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Okishima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okishima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1851:691,05016,928
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okishima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okishima occurs most in Japan. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okishima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okishima is the 1,148,257th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Okishima reside; 89 percent reside in East Asia and 89 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 691,050. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Okayama Prefecture, where 36 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 26 percent are found and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 19 percent are found. Not including Japan this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okushima882,977/
Ukishima88780/
Akishima88466/
Okeshima881/
Okisimo8029/
Ekisima805/
Okesima803/
Okisimi801/
Ukeshima7528/
Okechima758/
Uchishima711,639/
Akichimad716/
Akisimo6736/
Akusima6730/
Ekisimo6722/
Hachishima677/
Akizima674/
Okusimo672/
Okezima671/
Okechime631/
Akissime631/
Akisimoit5914/
Akichemat591/
Akissimey591/
Akusuma532/
Akusema532/
Ekusuma531/
Hakusuma5012/
Akhusema509/
Akhusuma501/

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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 Okishima
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