Nakanishi is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nakanishi
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nakanishi

How popular is Nakanishi?

Nakanishi is common in Japan.

Nakanishi is ranked 3960 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nakanishi bearers increased by 2.784504 per cent in 2010 US census to 849 since 2000, the surname slipped by 701 spots and ranked at 28176. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 75.74 81.48
Others 12.37 9.69
White 9.42 6.54
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 2.3
Nakanishi is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 137741 people have been found who wears Nakanishi as their family name. Nakanishi is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
38,459 New Zealand7
567,967 Indonesia6
13,220 Thailand6
2,403 Vietnam4
19,452 Malaysia3
90,215 Germany3
2,720 South Korea3
40,256 Mexico2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
95,312 Argentina2
1,333 Guam2
124,220 Italy2
31,584 Peru1
897,276 Russia1
53,033 Nigeria1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
53,505 Turkey1
38,841 Scotland1
24,176 Qatar1
38,830 Morocco1
25,721 Egypt1
91,024 Belgium1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
6,376 Singapore47
28,564 Switzerland36
55,986 Australia33
62,494 Netherlands22
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
3,257 Hong Kong71
46,183 Canada68
Countries with hundreds of Nakanishi:
27,752 Philippines451
Countries with thousands of Nakanishi:
7,389 Brazil1,892
28,103 United States1,074
Countries with hundred thousands of Nakanishi:
120 Japan133,822
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Nakanishi Namesakes

  • Ayaka Nakanishi, Musical Artist
  • Tamaki Nakanishi, Voice actress
  • Ryota Nakanishi, Actor
  • Rei Nakanishi, Novelist
  • Nobuaki Nakanishi, Director
  • Etsuko Nakanishi, Drummer
  • Fujio Nakanishi, Author
  • Tamaki Nakanishi, Voice actress
  • Hideki Nakanishi, Voice actor
  • Hiroaki Nakanishi, Businessman
  • In 2019 drama, horror movie, Sacren, Adam Nakanishi portrayed Ezekiel Fisher.
  • Sam Nakanishi played important character of Agent Jennings in 2017 action, thriller film The Meeting.

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