Moriyoshi Surname
Approximately 946 people bear this surname
Moriyoshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 944 | 1:135,428 | 7,181 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moriyoshi (7,021) may also be a first name.
Moriyoshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriyoshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moriyoshi is most common in Japan. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriyoshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 377,677th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,703,537 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Moriyoshi live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Moriyoshi is also the 77,405th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 7,021 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 944 people, or 1 in 135,428. In Japan Moriyoshi is mostly found in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 16 percent live, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 15 percent live and Tokushima Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Beside Japan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriyosi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Moriyochi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Moroyoshi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Moroishi | 82 | 1,589 | / |
| Moriishi | 82 | 524 | / |
| Moriyasi | 82 | 56 | / |
| Mariyosi | 82 | 12 | / |
| Murayoshi | 78 | 1,482 | / |
| Maruyoshi | 78 | 562 | / |
| Morejoshi | 78 | 6 | / |
| Morajoshi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Moriishii | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mariyashi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Morisei | 75 | 438 | / |
| Moruisi | 75 | 77 | / |
| Morisie | 75 | 19 | / |
| Moroisi | 75 | 13 | / |
| Moraisi | 75 | 10 | / |
| Morishe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muraishi | 71 | 4,432 | / |
| Maruishi | 71 | 968 | / |
| Morihisa | 71 | 819 | / |
| Moriichi | 71 | 150 | / |
| Morische | 71 | 98 | / |
| Muroishi | 71 | 47 | / |
| Mariyosa | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mariyasi | 71 | 23 | / |
| Mariysih | 71 | 6 | / |
| Moroyose | 71 | 3 | / |
| Muriyasi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moruichi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morissei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mourisie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moraitsi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moraisis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moriitsi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morrisie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Morise | 67 | 2,610 | / |
| Marieschi | 67 | 50 | / |
| Muriyasih | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mariyasih | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mariyasis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Morisé | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muraishid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murayshid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maruitshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morihissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maruischi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Morischee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Moriyoshi
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