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 occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 509,082nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name Hiei occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Hiei reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Hiei is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name in the world, held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 200,697. In Japan it is most numerous in: Gifu Prefecture, where 28 percent are found, Aichi Prefecture, where 26 percent are found and Ōita Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Not including Japan this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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 Hiei
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