Honju Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Honju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 176 | 1:726,388 | 17,323 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Honju (13) may also be a first name.
Honju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Honju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Honju is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Honju? popularity and diffusion
Honju is the 1,276,805th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Honju live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
The surname Honju is most frequently held in Japan, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 726,388. In Japan it is mostly found in: Kumamoto Prefecture, where 30 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 30 percent reside and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 14 percent reside. Besides Japan it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 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 Honju
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