Shimei Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Shimei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 206 | 1:620,603 | 16,092 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shimei (108,849) may also be a first name.
Shimei Demographics
Average Shimei Salary in
United States
$49,242 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shimei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimei is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 980,795th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname Shimei is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Shimei reside; 84 percent reside in East Asia and 78 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 9,434th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 108,849 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 620,603. In Japan Shimei is most frequent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 50 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 33 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Besides Japan it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and China, where 3 percent live.
Shimei Last Name Statistics demography
Shimei earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.12% more than the national average, earning $49,242 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 Shimei
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