Uchina Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Uchina Surname User-submission:
Uchima in Japanese means 'interior', its kanji is 内間.
The surname Uchima arose on the island of Okinawa (in the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom) around 1405, with King Shou En being known as Kanemaru Uchima.
The Uchima family is descended from other oriental surnames such as Taira, Samekawa, Yakura, Higashionna, Yamashiro, Nerome, Shou, Shang, Ojiganashi and Yonashiro, being thus distant descendants of several emperors of Japan, emperors of China and kings of Korea, being also samurai.
Read More About This SurnameUchina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Japan | 38 | 1:3,364,324 | 34,461 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Uchina (23) may also be a first name.
Uchina Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Uchima in Japanese means 'interior', its kanji is 内間.
The surname Uchima arose on the island of Okinawa (in the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom) around 1405, with King Shou En being known as Kanemaru Uchima.
The Uchima family is descended from other oriental surnames such as Taira, Samekawa, Yakura, Higashionna, Yamashiro, Nerome, Shou, Shang, Ojiganashi and Yonashiro, being thus distant descendants of several emperors of Japan, emperors of China and kings of Korea, being also samurai.
In 1336, 36 Fujian families were sent to Okinawa during the Min Dynasty to teach them Chinese culture, which is why Okinawa has an intermediate culture between Japan and China. Of these 36 families, one was the Shang family (descendants of the homonymous dynasty that ruled China from before Christ), from this last family descended the Shou, and from these the Uchima.
Uchima was a lordship on Izena Island (now Okinawa Prefecture) that was granted to Kanemaru in 1459 when he was appointed as royal treasurer by King Shou Taikyuu, Kanemaru's daughter was called Uchima Ufuya.
There were also two titled princesses (or surnames) Uchima, both in the 17th century: the first daughter of Shou Eki and the second, of Shou Tei.
Several branches of the Uchima family moved in 1571 to the Amami and Oshima Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, from where others shipped silver, lacquer, incense, ivory, textiles and sugar merchants to Sumatra, Pattani, Vietnam, China, Korea and Java. Consequently, the Uchima family was not affected by the reforms of the Satsuma clan in 1624 to the surnames of Okinawa.
The Uchima first arrived in the current territory of Ecuador, from where they emigrated to the north of Nueva Granada (present-day Colombia) in the second half of the 19th century, settling in Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Antioquia, Quindío, Risaralda and Cauca mainly, working for Guillermo Cárdenas. But, being in indigenous territory, they had several stumbles with the natives and had to create bonds of friendship and familiarity with them in order to get the lands.
It is the surname number 3272 in Japan by number of bearers, likewise, there are several families with surname Uchima in the United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Canada, Peru and Chile.
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- lmue710Uchina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uchina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Uchina (Russian: Учина) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uchina? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,497,948th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Uchina are found; 29 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 29 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Uchina is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 1,765,959. In Thailand Uchina is most numerous in: Phayao Province, where 90 percent reside and Narathiwat Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Thailand this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 27 percent reside and Russia, where 26 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uchina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uchina in the Russian language | ||
| Учина | ucina | - |
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