Sendai Surname
Approximately 15,053 people bear this surname
Sendai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 14,976 | 1:8,537 | 1,217 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sendai (356) may also be a first name.
Sendai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sendai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sendai occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sendai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sendai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sendai is the 35,131st most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 484,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sendai reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Sendai is also the 461,707th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 356 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 14,976 people, or 1 in 8,537. In Japan it is primarily found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent reside, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 9 percent reside and Saga Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Not including Japan this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, 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 Sendai
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