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 last name Shosen occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shosen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shosen is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shosen reside; 94 percent reside in East Asia and 94 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Shosen is also the 377,412th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 504 people.
The surname Shosen is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 2,506,751. In Japan Shosen is mostly found in: Okayama Prefecture, where 98 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Excluding Japan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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