Wakihama Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Wakihama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 121 | 1:1,056,564 | 20,605 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Wakihama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakihama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakihama is most common in Japan. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakihama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wakihama is the 1,637,889th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wakihama are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
Wakihama is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 1,056,564. In Japan Wakihama is most prevalent in: Wakayama Prefecture, where 44 percent are found, Mie Prefecture, where 25 percent are found and Nagasaki Prefecture, where 21 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wakihama
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