Hiei Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Hiei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 637 | 1:200,697 | 9,013 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hiei (17) may also be a first name.
Hiei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hiei is most common in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hiei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 509,082nd most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name Hiei is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Hiei live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Hiei is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 17 people.
The surname Hiei is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 637 people, or 1 in 200,697. In Japan Hiei is primarily concentrated in: Gifu Prefecture, where 28 percent reside, Aichi Prefecture, where 26 percent reside and Ōita Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Barring Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, 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 Hiei
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