Shimahata Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shimahata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shimahata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan991:1,291,35622,719
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Shimahata Last Name Facts

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

Shimahata is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shimahata? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shimahata live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,291,356. In Japan Shimahata is mostly concentrated in: Toyama Prefecture, where 60 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 37 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Besides Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Shimahata
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