Frequency: (281)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Japanese: ‘middle island’; a more common pronunciation is Nakashima.
GIVEN NAMES: Japanese 90%. Takashi (6), Hiroshi (4), Shigeru (4), Hideo (3), Kazuo (3), Kunio (3), Masayuki (3), Mihoko (3), Nobuyuki (3), Shigeki (3), Shinya (3), Akemi (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
