Hosui Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Hosui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Hosui (3,599) may also be a first name.
Hosui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hosui is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosui? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Hosui reside; 77 percent reside in East Asia and 77 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Hosui is also the 117,927th most frequently held forename internationally, held by 3,599 people.
This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 12,784,429. In Japan Hosui is most common in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 40 percent are found, Ehime Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 8 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 Hosui
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