Horoya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Horoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 103 | 1:1,241,207 | 22,305 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Horoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Horoya has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Horoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Horoya occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Horoya live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,241,207. In Japan it is most common in: Iwate Prefecture, where 95 percent are found, Shizuoka Prefecture, where 4 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Japan Horoya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Horoya
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