Hokota Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Hokota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 227 | 1:563,191 | 15,366 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Hokota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hokota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hokota has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hokota? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hokota is the 1,038,570th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Hokota is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Hokota are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 563,191. In Japan it is most frequent in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 25 percent live and Gunma Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Apart from Japan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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 Hokota
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