Hosoo Surname
Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname
Hosoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,293 | 1:98,874 | 6,021 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
Hosoo (64) may also be a first name.
Hosoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hosoo occurs most in Japan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hosoo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosoo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hosoo is the 292,450th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,575,781 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Hosoo are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,223,525th most widely held first name globally, held by 64 people.
The last name Hosoo is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 1,293 people, or 1 in 98,874. In Japan Hosoo is most common in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Wakayama Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Kyoto Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 1 percent live and Brazil, 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
- 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 Hosoo
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