Yanagita Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Peru

Yanagita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanagita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1111:1,151,75021,519
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Peru491:648,65615,868
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

Yanagita Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yanagita is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanagita? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yanagita is the 917,199th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Yanagita reside; 38 percent reside in East Asia and 38 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 1,151,750. In Japan Yanagita is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 72 percent reside, Saitama Prefecture, where 4 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 18 percent reside.

Yanagita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yanagita last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.91% being registered with the political party.

The amount Yanagita earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 32.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,726 per year and in United States they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $43,835 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yanaguita9468/
Yanagito88265/
Janaguita821/
Yanachita821/
Janagiti755/
Yanagete751/
Yannacito7132/
Yonoguita711/
Yanneacito671/
Yonangitti671/
Janacito639/
Iannacito59198/

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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 Yanagita
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