Moriishi Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Moriishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 522 | 1:244,912 | 10,017 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
Moriishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moriishi is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriishi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 594,812th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Moriishi reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 244,912. In Japan Moriishi is most prevalent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 22 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent are found and Fukui Prefecture, where 16 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 0 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 Moriishi
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