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
The surname Meishin is most common in Japan. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meishin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Meishin live; 83 percent live in East Asia and 81 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 505,965th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 303 people.
This last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 2,973,123. In Japan Meishin is primarily found in: Fukui Prefecture, where 81 percent are found, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 9 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 2 percent are found. Besides Japan this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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 Meishin
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