Setoyama Surname

116,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Setoyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Setoyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3,8921:32,8483,118
Brazil421:5,097,008130,362
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Setoyama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Setoyama is found most frequently in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Setoyama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Setoyama? popularity and diffusion

Setoyama is the 116,515th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,842,150 people. The surname Setoyama occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Setoyama live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 3,892 people, or 1 in 32,848. In Japan Setoyama is mostly concentrated in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 25 percent are found, Miyazaki Prefecture, where 23 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 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 Setoyama
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