Kita is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kita
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kita

How popular is Kita?

Kita is common in Japan.

Kita is ranked 7370 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kitas plummeted by 1.334951 per cent to 813 since 2000 and slipped by 1612 spots and ranked at 29138. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.62 69.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 26.08 25.85
Black 1.85 0.73
Others 1.48 3.28
Kita is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 73397 people have been found who wears Kita as their family name. Kita is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
5,318 China8
999 Democratic Republic of The Congo8
9,568 Thailand8
10,202 Egypt5
2,980 Malawi4
234 Guinea4
11,532 Croatia3
18,114 Algeria3
78,945 Argentina3
67,494 South Africa3
9,077 Lithuania3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
2,935 Angola3
8,995 Uganda2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,136 Mali2
23,344 Austria2
8,593 Slovenia2
15,999 Slovakia2
4,302 Benin2
6,103 Cyprus2
34,681 Norway2
2,705 Togo2
24,766 Scotland2
6,149 Ethiopia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
6,212 Jamaica1
5,467 Haiti1
7,941 Guatemala1
37,779 Serbia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
2,578 Guam1
3,993 El Salvador1
799 British Virgin Islands1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
11,486 Estonia1
90,903 Moldova1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,553 Taiwan1
24,176 Qatar1
10,190 Bahrain1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
8,181 Botswana1
4,942 Libya1
16,073 Latvia1
50,549 Georgia1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
9,524 Portugal37
37,591 Belgium37
36,303 Czech Republic35
8,214 Singapore35
70,042 Kazakhstan29
60,950 Spain28
57,220 Netherlands27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
11,387 Ireland22
29,517 New Zealand12
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
26,972 Australia87
3,881 Hong Kong59
23,531 Belarus56
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Kita:
645 Albania768
21,418 Philippines644
8,131 Kenya628
51,258 India587
20,533 Indonesia555
10,900 Morocco470
7,351 Cameroon396
42,773 Russia342
31,236 France318
8,346 Malaysia228
9,896 Greece197
27,382 England172
21,011 Mexico157
22,481 Canada156
34,446 Ukraine155
50,581 Italy146
31,070 Turkey140
7,748 Tunisia132
Countries with thousands of Kita:
740 Poland6,110
2,938 Tanzania1,776
8,020 Brazil1,733
7,991 Germany1,210
25,723 United States1,191
Countries with ten thousands of Kita:
337 Japan54,377
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Kita Namesakes

  • R. B. Kitaj, Artist
  • Akemi Kita, Film actress
  • Akemi Kita, Actor
  • Akihiro Kitamura, Actor
  • Akira Kitamura, Graphic designer
  • Nana Kitade, Singer
  • Anatole Kitain, Classical pianist
  • Seitaro Kitayama, Animator
  • Anatole Kitain, Classical pianist
  • Miyuki Kitagawa, Artist
  • Takehiko Kita characterized small role of N in 1966 0 movie Konzen kôshô.
  • In 1980, Michiru Kita played the role of N in 0 film Ijô na bôkô.
  • In 1977 0 movie, Jokôsei maruhi Shûgaku ryokô, Yôko Kita portrayed N.

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