Murayoshi Surname

264,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Murayoshi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murayoshi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,4751:86,6745,592
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Murayoshi (59) may also be a first name.

Murayoshi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murayoshi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Murayoshi is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murayoshi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 264,221st most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,917,372 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Murayoshi live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 59 people.

The last name Murayoshi is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 1,475 people, or 1 in 86,674. In Japan Murayoshi is most common in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 58 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 7 percent live and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 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 Murayoshi
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