Takaniwa Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Takaniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 96 | 1:1,331,711 | 23,057 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Takaniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takaniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Takaniwa has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Takaniwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,518,885th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Takaniwa live; 70 percent live in East Asia and 70 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,331,711. In Japan Takaniwa is mostly found in: Gunma Prefecture, where 52 percent reside, Ibaraki Prefecture, where 44 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Other than Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent reside and Iceland, 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 Takaniwa
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