Explore the Family Name Kimura

Possible origins of the surname Kimura

Your DNA provides clues about where your recent ancestors may have lived. Having many distant relatives in the same location suggests that you may all share common ancestry there. Locations with many distant relatives can also be places where people have migrated recently, such as large cities. If a large number of individuals who share your surname have distant relatives in a specific area, it could indicate a connection between your surname and that location, stemming from either recent ancestral ties or migration.

Based on 23andMe data, people with last name Kimura have recent ancestry locations in Japan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

What Kimura haplogroups can tell you

Haplogroups are genetic population groups that share a common ancestor on either your paternal or maternal line. These paternal and maternal haplogroups shed light on your genetic ancestry and help tell the story of your family.

The top paternal haplogroup of people with the surname Kimura is C-M130, which is predominantly found among people with East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry. Haplogroup C-M130 is descended from haplogroup C-M130. Other common haplogroups include D-M116.1 and O-CTS713, which are predominantly found among people with East Asian & Indigenous American and East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry. Other surnames with similar common haplogroups are: Kobayashi, Yoshida, Sato, Matsumoto, Suzuki, Abe, Yamada, Sasaki, Tanaka, Watanabe.

The most common maternal haplogroups of people with Kimura surname are: D4b2b, H, D4. These most commonly trace back to individuals of East Asian & Indigenous American and European ancestry.

Your paternal lineage may be linked to some of Australia's first inhabitants

Archaeological and genetic evidence suggest that, after leaving Africa, the earliest members of haplogroup C rapidly migrated to Southeast Asia and Oceania along the Indian coastline about 50,000 years ago. The first inhabitants of Australia, who may have belonged to haplogroup C, arrived 47,000 years ago. In fact, about 44% of people of indigenous Australian descent belong to haplogroup C. After reaching Oceania, members of haplogroup C migrated northward, through central and east Asia, into Siberia, over the Bering Strait, and into the Americas.

Your maternal lineage may be linked to the Han

Members of haplogroup D are found in both northern and southern Han Chinese populations at low to moderate frequencies. The Han people, who all share the same language and similar cultural practices, are the largest ethnic group in the world, with about 1.2 billion people. Historical evidence shows that Han people are descendants of the ancient Huaxia tribes that come from northern China, and Han language and culture only expanded into southern China in the last 2,000 years. The spread of Han people and culture from northern to southern China was likely driven by warfare and famine in the north.