Sanmei Surname
Approximately 9,814 people bear this surname
Sanmei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 9,808 | 1:13,035 | 1,664 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Sanmei (94,428) may also be a first name.
Sanmei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanmei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanmei is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanmei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sanmei is the 52,189th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 742,566 people. The surname Sanmei occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanmei live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 10,714th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 94,428 people.
The surname Sanmei is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 9,808 people, or 1 in 13,035. In Japan Sanmei is most common in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 18 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent reside. Besides Japan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sanmei
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