Shokon Surname
Approximately 1,356 people bear this surname
Shokon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,351 | 1:94,629 | 5,872 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shokon (17) may also be a first name.
Shokon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shokon has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shokon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokon? popularity and diffusion
Shokon is the 283,967th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,374,296 people. Shokon is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shokon are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 1,351 people, or 1 in 94,629. In Japan Shokon is most prevalent in: Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 13 percent live, Okinawa Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Ehime Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Shokon
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