Wakashima Surname
Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname
Wakashima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,344 | 1:95,122 | 5,886 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakashima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakashima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakashima is found most in Japan. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wakashima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakashima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakashima is the 284,447th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,386,213 people. The last name Wakashima occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakashima reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 1,344 people, or 1 in 95,122. In Japan Wakashima is most frequent in: Toyama Prefecture, where 24 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Outside of Japan this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and New Zealand, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wakashima
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