Choyama Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Choyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 604 | 1:211,663 | 9,273 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Choyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Choyama is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Choyama.
How Common Is The Last Name Choyama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Choyama is the 523,789th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Choyama live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 604 people, or 1 in 211,663. In Japan Choyama is most frequent in: Gifu Prefecture, where 29 percent reside, Aomori Prefecture, where 28 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 13 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Choyama
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