Tomishima Surname

187,334th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tomishima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tomishima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2,1601:59,1874,470
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tomishima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tomishima is most common in Japan. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tomishima? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 187,334th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,227,434 people. Tomishima is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Tomishima live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 2,160 people, or 1 in 59,187. In Japan Tomishima is most numerous in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 14 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 12 percent are found and Ibaraki Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Tomishima Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tomishima last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the party.

Tomishima earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.95% less than the national average, earning $39,286 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
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  • 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 Tomishima
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