Tanishima Surname
Approximately 733 people bear this surname
Tanishima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 729 | 1:175,369 | 8,365 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Tanishima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanishima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanishima occurs most in Japan. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanishima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 460,648th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,942,082 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Tanishima are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 729 people, or 1 in 175,369. In Japan Tanishima is most numerous in: Chiba Prefecture, where 19 percent reside, Ibaraki Prefecture, where 18 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Japan Tanishima occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, 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 Tanishima
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