Shigemasa Surname

198,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shigemasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shigemasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,9721:64,8304,741
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Shigemasa (9,156) may also be a first name.

Shigemasa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shigemasa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Shigemasa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shigemasa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 198,533rd most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,460,373 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shigemasa reside; 94 percent reside in East Asia and 94 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 64,935th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 9,156 people.

The last name Shigemasa is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 1,972 people, or 1 in 64,830. In Japan Shigemasa is most frequent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 51 percent are found, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent are found. Besides Japan Shigemasa is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Shigemasa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shigemasa surname are 32.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.21% being registered to vote for the political party.

Shigemasa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.98% more than the national average, earning $58,241 USD per year.

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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 Shigemasa
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