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 is most common in Japan. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hosoo is the 292,450th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,575,781 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Hosoo live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Hosoo is also the 1,223,525th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 64 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 1,293 people, or 1 in 98,874. In Japan Hosoo is most prevalent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 17 percent reside, Wakayama Prefecture, where 15 percent reside and Kyoto Prefecture, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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 Hosoo
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