A personal identification apparatus includes a storage device which stores specific
information of each of registered persons, an extraction device capable of extracting
specific information of an object person from the object person, a classification
device which classify whether the object person is included in the registered persons
by comparing the pieces of specific information of the registered persons, which
are stored in the storage device, with the specific information of the object person,
which is extracted by the extraction device, and a registered device operation
device configured to sort the order of the pieces of specific information of the
registered persons, which are stored in the storage device, in accordance with
the use situation of the registered persons, or set whether the registered persons
are to be subjected to classification.