Shokei Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Shokei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 16 | 1:7,990,268 | 43,922 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Shokei (1,508) may also be a first name.
Shokei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokei is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokei? popularity and diffusion
Shokei is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Shokei is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shokei live; 94 percent live in East Asia and 94 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 200,119th most frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 1,508 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 7,990,268. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Shimane Prefecture, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Shokei
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