Shojima Surname
Approximately 871 people bear this surname
Shojima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 860 | 1:148,656 | 7,608 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Shojima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shojima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shojima is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shojima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shojima is the 402,870th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,366,872 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shojima reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
Shojima is most common in Japan, where it is held by 860 people, or 1 in 148,656. In Japan it is most frequent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 61 percent live, Saga Prefecture, where 24 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 4 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Brazil, 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 Shojima
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