Uchima Surname
Approximately 6,610 people bear this surname
Uchima Surname User-submission:
Uchima in Japanese means 'interior', its kanji is 内間.
The surname Uchima arose on the island of Okinawa (in the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom) around 1405, with King Shou En being known as Kanemaru Uchima.
The Uchima family is descended from other oriental surnames such as Taira, Samekawa, Yakura, Higashionna, Yamashiro, Nerome, Shou, Shang, Ojiganashi and Yonashiro, being thus distant descendants of several emperors of Japan, emperors of China and kings of Korea, being also samurai.
Read More About This SurnameUchima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 4,963 | 1:25,759 | 2,674 |
| Colombia | 1,025 | 1:46,609 | 2,434 |
| United States | 309 | 1:1,173,006 | 83,866 |
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| Peru | 89 | 1:357,125 | 12,161 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Uchima Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Uchima in Japanese means 'interior', its kanji is 内間.
The surname Uchima arose on the island of Okinawa (in the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom) around 1405, with King Shou En being known as Kanemaru Uchima.
The Uchima family is descended from other oriental surnames such as Taira, Samekawa, Yakura, Higashionna, Yamashiro, Nerome, Shou, Shang, Ojiganashi and Yonashiro, being thus distant descendants of several emperors of Japan, emperors of China and kings of Korea, being also samurai.
In 1336, 36 Fujian families were sent to Okinawa during the Min Dynasty to teach them Chinese culture, which is why Okinawa has an intermediate culture between Japan and China. Of these 36 families, one was the Shang family (descendants of the homonymous dynasty that ruled China from before Christ), from this last family descended the Shou, and from these the Uchima.
Uchima was a lordship on Izena Island (now Okinawa Prefecture) that was granted to Kanemaru in 1459 when he was appointed as royal treasurer by King Shou Taikyuu, Kanemaru's daughter was called Uchima Ufuya.
There were also two titled princesses (or surnames) Uchima, both in the 17th century: the first daughter of Shou Eki and the second, of Shou Tei.
Several branches of the Uchima family moved in 1571 to the Amami and Oshima Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, from where others shipped silver, lacquer, incense, ivory, textiles and sugar merchants to Sumatra, Pattani, Vietnam, China, Korea and Java. Consequently, the Uchima family was not affected by the reforms of the Satsuma clan in 1624 to the surnames of Okinawa.
The Uchima first arrived in the current territory of Ecuador, from where they emigrated to the north of Nueva Granada (present-day Colombia) in the second half of the 19th century, settling in Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Antioquia, Quindío, Risaralda and Cauca mainly, working for Guillermo Cárdenas. But, being in indigenous territory, they had several stumbles with the natives and had to create bonds of friendship and familiarity with them in order to get the lands.
It is the surname number 3272 in Japan by number of bearers, likewise, there are several families with surname Uchima in the United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Canada, Peru and Chile.
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- lmue710Uchima Demographics
Average Uchima Salary in
United States
$44,107 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Uchima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uchima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uchima (Russian: Учима) is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uchima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 74,359th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,102,503 people. The last name Uchima occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Uchima live; 75 percent live in East Asia and 75 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 4,963 people, or 1 in 25,759. In Japan it is mostly found in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 87 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 4 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Outside of Japan it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Uchima Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Uchima surname are 20.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.91% registered with the political party.
The amount Uchima earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 131.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,906 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.96% less than the national average, earning $22,031,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $44,107 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uchima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uchima in the Russian language | ||
| Учима | ucima | - |
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