Kirishima
surname · Latin script
Kirishima is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Japanese 霧島 (Kirishima).
- JPJapan≈1 in 110Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- ITItaly≈1 in 7.9Mfew records
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 17Mfew records
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 24 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 108K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Borrowed from Japanese 霧島 (Kirishima).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Kirishima counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 108K | Kirishima | 24 |
| US United States | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 28M | Kirishima | 24 |
| PH Philippines | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 17M | Kirishima | 5 |
| IT Italy | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 7.9M | Kirishima | 2 |
| RU Russia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 69M | Kirishima | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Noboru Kirishimab. 1914JPJapanese singer
- Yōko Kirishimab. 1937JPessayist
- Satoshi Kirishimab. 1954JPJapanese terrorist (1954–2024)
- Karen Kirishimab. 1964JPJapanese actress
- Reika Kirishimab. 1972JPJapanese actress
- Erika Kirishimab. 1978JPJapanese AV idol
- Noa Kirishimab. 1984JPJapanese AV idol
- Rina Kirishimab. 1990JPJapanese actress
- Sakura Kirishimab. 1995JPJapanese former pornographic actress
- Tsubasa KirishimaJPJapanese mangaka
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 0 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kirishima mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Japanese 霧島 (Kirishima). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Kirishima have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Kirishima in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kirishima.
- How common is the name Kirishima?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1,200 people in Japan have Kirishima as their first surname, about 1 in 108 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kirishimaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kirishima”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.