Wakamatsu Surname

15,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Wakamatsu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakamatsu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan35,3421:3,617605
United States5291:685,17854,430
Brazil1631:1,313,33944,864
Thailand1091:648,058109,152
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
England61:9,286,343223,652
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
China31:455,773,85521,925
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Curaçao11:157,2471,313

Wakamatsu (694) may also be a first name.

Wakamatsu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wakamatsu occurs most in Japan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wakamatsu.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakamatsu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 15,371st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 200,958 people. The surname Wakamatsu occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wakamatsu are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 313,811th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 694 people.

The last name Wakamatsu is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 35,342 people, or 1 in 3,617. In Japan Wakamatsu is most frequent in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 11 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Beside Japan this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Wakamatsu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wakamatsu last name are 1.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.24% being registered to vote for the party.

Wakamatsu earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.36% more than the national average, earning $50,210 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wakamattsu952/
Wakamatzu8923/
Wacamatsu894/
Wakamatsu-Ya8619/
Wakhamatsi8411/
Wakamahtzu841/
Wakmitz633/
Wacoumatos631/

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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 Wakamatsu
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