Horigen Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Horigen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horigen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan341:3,760,12635,803
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Horigen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Horigen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Horigen is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Horigen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,718,172nd most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Horigen live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 3,760,126. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 76 percent reside, Ehime Prefecture, where 3 percent reside and Gifu Prefecture, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 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 Horigen
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