Meishin Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Meishin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 43 | 1:2,973,123 | 32,937 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Meishin (303) may also be a first name.
Meishin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meishin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meishin has its highest incidence in Japan. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meishin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Meishin reside; 83 percent reside in East Asia and 81 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Meishin is also the 505,965th most common first name globally, borne by 303 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 2,973,123. In Japan it is mostly found in: Fukui Prefecture, where 81 percent live, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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 Meishin
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