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Family name Kitsune (狐 , Kitsune , キツネ ) , across the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Kitsune is habitual in China, where it is quite a rare surname, Taiwan, where it is a rare surname, and Belgium. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Asia, particularly China, Taiwan, and Japan. Also, Kitsune is the forename as well as the last name.