Shirakura Surname

69,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shirakura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirakura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7,0811:18,0552,109
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Shirakura Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shirakura occurs most in Japan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirakura? popularity and diffusion

Shirakura is the 69,030th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,013,849 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shirakura are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is held by 7,081 people, or 1 in 18,055. In Japan it is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 14 percent are found, Niigata Prefecture, where 13 percent are found and Yamanashi Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Shirakura Last Name Statistics demography

Shirakura earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.48% less than the national average, earning $35,177 USD per year.

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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 Shirakura
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