Kohei Surname
Approximately 3,038 people bear this surname
Kohei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,998 | 1:42,643 | 3,679 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Kohei (59,370) may also be a first name.
Kohei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kohei (Arabic: كوهي) is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kohei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 146,026th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,398,797 people. The last name Kohei occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kohei live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 15,991st most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 59,370 people.
The surname Kohei is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 2,998 people, or 1 in 42,643. In Japan it is primarily found in: Yamagata Prefecture, where 11 percent reside, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Japan it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 0 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kohei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kohei in the Arabic language | ||
| كوهي | kwhy | - |
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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
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- 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 Kohei
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