Josui Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Josui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 485 | 1:263,596 | 10,417 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Josui (122) may also be a first name.
Josui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Josui occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Josui.
How Common Is The Last Name Josui? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 628,294th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Josui live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 844,248th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 122 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 263,596. In Japan Josui is most prevalent in: Miyazaki Prefecture, where 23 percent are found, Nagano Prefecture, where 17 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 16 percent are found. Other than Japan this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 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 Josui
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