Chihei Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Chihei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 573 | 1:223,114 | 9,532 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
Chihei (168) may also be a first name.
Chihei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihei is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihei is the 550,571st most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chihei live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 705,855th most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 168 people.
The last name Chihei is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 573 people, or 1 in 223,114. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 29 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name exists in one country. It is also common in China, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chihei
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