Hoju Surname
Approximately 1,530 people bear this surname
Hoju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,528 | 1:83,668 | 5,495 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Hoju (1,969) may also be a first name.
Hoju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hoju (Hindi: होजू, Marathi: होजु) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 257,425th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,763,102 people. The last name Hoju occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hoju live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Hoju is also the 170,650th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 1,969 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 1,528 people, or 1 in 83,668. In Japan it is most numerous in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 21 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 21 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Besides Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hoju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hoju in the Marathi language | ||
| होजु | hoju | - |
| Hoju in the Hindi language | ||
| होजू | hoju | 66.67 |
| होजु | hoju | 33.33 |
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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 Hoju
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