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 held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meishin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meishin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Meishin are found; 83 percent are found in East Asia and 81 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 505,965th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 303 people.
This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne 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. Other than Japan this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found 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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