Koryo Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Koryo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 93 | 1:1,374,670 | 23,414 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Koryo (4,916) may also be a first name.
Koryo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koryo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koryo is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Koryo.
How Common Is The Last Name Koryo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Koryo live; 85 percent live in East Asia and 85 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Koryo is also the 97,225th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 4,916 people.
Koryo is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 1,374,670. In Japan Koryo is mostly concentrated in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 40 percent live and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Outside of Japan it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent live and Liberia, where 3 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 Koryo
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