There are Kubizuka enshrining a single person (like an enemy samurai commander) who was feared to become Onryo (a vengeful ghost) later, and also there are Kubizuka enshrining many solders killed in one battle (in a huge battle like the Battle of Sekigahara) together even though they were zohyo (common soldiers); a great number of both types of Kubizuka still exist throughout Japan.
首塚には、後に怨霊となる恐れがある単独の者（敵武将など）のものや、雑兵であっても多数の戦死者が出た場合（関ヶ原の戦いなど大きな戦い）のものなどがあり、今なお、全国各地に多数存在する。