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
Shojima is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shojima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 402,870th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,366,872 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shojima live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 860 people, or 1 in 148,656. In Japan Shojima is most common in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 61 percent live, Saga Prefecture, where 24 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 4 percent live. Not including Japan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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