Hoshimiya Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Hoshimiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoshimiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2601:491,70914,320
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Hoshimiya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hoshimiya is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoshimiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 973,426th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name Hoshimiya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Hoshimiya live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Hoshimiya is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 491,709. In Japan Hoshimiya is primarily found in: Akita Prefecture, where 46 percent live, Tochigi Prefecture, where 22 percent live and Miyagi Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 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
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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 Hoshimiya
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