Shigeki Surname

9,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59,407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shigeki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shigeki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan59,3991:2,152387
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Shigeki (96,655) may also be a first name.

Shigeki Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shigeki occurs most in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shigeki? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,523rd most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 122,672 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shigeki reside; 100 percent reside in East Asia and 100 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 10,507th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 96,655 people.

The last name Shigeki is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 59,399 people, or 1 in 2,152. In Japan Shigeki is most numerous in: Gunma Prefecture, where 25 percent reside, Saitama Prefecture, where 24 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 14 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, 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 Shigeki
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