Shonan Surname
Approximately 2,420 people bear this surname
Shonan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,358 | 1:54,217 | 4,252 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 1:842,024 | 52,736 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shonan (979) may also be a first name.
Shonan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shonan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shonan (Arabic: شونان, Hindi: शोनन, Marathi: शोनन, Russian: Шонан) occurs most in Japan. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shonan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shonan is the 176,792nd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,011,383 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shonan reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 257,484th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 979 people.
The surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 2,358 people, or 1 in 54,217. In Japan it is primarily found in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 50 percent are found, Nagasaki Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Barring Japan this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shonan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shonan in the Hindi language | ||
| शोनन | sonana | - |
| Shonan in the Marathi language | ||
| शोनन | sonana | 53.33 |
| शोनान | sonana | 33.33 |
| शोनद | sonada | 6.67 |
| शॉनंद | sonanda | 6.67 |
| Shonan in the Russian language | ||
| Шонан | sonan | - |
| Shonan in the Arabic language | ||
| شونان | shwnan | - |
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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
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- 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 Shonan
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