Choei Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Choei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 644 | 1:198,516 | 8,959 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Choei (6,630) may also be a first name.
Choei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Choei is found most in Japan. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 499,597th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,058,492 people. Choei is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Choei reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 80,377th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 6,630 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 644 people, or 1 in 198,516. In Japan Choei is mostly found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Kagawa Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Miyagi Prefecture, where 15 percent live. Other than Japan Choei occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Choei
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