Shiei Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Shiei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 107 | 1:1,194,806 | 21,891 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Shiei (527) may also be a first name.
Shiei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shiei is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Shiei are found; 91 percent are found in East Asia and 91 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Shiei is also the 367,549th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 527 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 1,194,806. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Aichi Prefecture, where 53 percent reside, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 26 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Japan this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Shiei
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