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
The last name Choei occurs most in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 499,597th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Choei live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Choei is also the 80,377th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 6,630 people.
Choei is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 644 people, or 1 in 198,516. In Japan Choei is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 23 percent reside, Kagawa Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Miyagi Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Other than Japan this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
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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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