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) is found most frequently in Japan. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Hoju click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoju? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,425th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,763,102 people. The last name Hoju occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hoju are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Hoju is also the 170,650th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 1,969 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 1,528 people, or 1 in 83,668. In Japan Hoju is primarily concentrated in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 21 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 21 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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
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- 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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