Saionji Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Saionji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saionji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2941:434,84513,460
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Saionji Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saionji occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saionji? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 876,631st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Saionji live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 434,845. In Japan Saionji is most numerous in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 44 percent are found, Ehime Prefecture, where 32 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 1 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
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  • 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 Saionji
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