Wakishima Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Wakishima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 87 | 1:1,469,475 | 24,192 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakishima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakishima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakishima is most common in Japan. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakishima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,994,173rd most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakishima are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Wakishima is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 1,469,475. In Japan it is most frequent in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 72 percent are found, Niigata Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Nagano Prefecture, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Japan this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Wakishima
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