Shimosaki Surname

627,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shimosaki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shimosaki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4671:273,75710,617
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Shimosaki Last Name Facts

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

Shimosaki is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shimosaki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 627,290th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,933,496 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shimosaki reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This last name is most common in Japan, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 273,757. In Japan it is most frequent in: Chiba Prefecture, where 86 percent are found, Saitama Prefecture, where 9 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Japan it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shimosakai9523/
Shimosaka893,946/
Shimozaki891,769/
Shimasaki89888/
Shimasakki843/
Simasaki828/
Simosake821/
Shimazaki7853,234/
Shimasaka78292/
Shimusaka7839/
Chimasaki781/
Shimasake781/
Shimusachi7424/
Shimazakhi741/
Simojoki71186/
Simasaka7192/
Simazaki718/
Simusaka712/
Sumasaki711/
Chimazaki673/
Chemasaki671/
Shimazaqui632/
Semasaka59446/
Simusoka592/
Simazoka591/
Ssemasaka5655/
Chemashaki531/

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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 Shimosaki
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