Shimoishi Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Shimoishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 491 | 1:260,375 | 10,359 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Shimoishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimoishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimoishi is found most frequently in Japan. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimoishi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 603,653rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The last name Shimoishi occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shimoishi reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 491 people, or 1 in 260,375. In Japan it is most frequent in: Miyazaki Prefecture, where 29 percent live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 20 percent live and Tottori Prefecture, where 18 percent live. Barring Japan Shimoishi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Shimoishi
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