Hosoy Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Hosoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Hosoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hosoy is most common in Brazil. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosoy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Hosoy live; 90 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Bahia, where 61 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 39 percent live. Other than Brazil Hosoy exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 5 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 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 Hosoy
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