Shosen Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Shosen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shosen (504) may also be a first name.
Shosen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shosen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shosen is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shosen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Shosen occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shosen are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 377,412th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 504 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 2,506,751. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Okayama Prefecture, where 98 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Japan Shosen occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and Israel, where 2 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 Shosen
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