Shoshu Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Shoshu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 122 | 1:1,047,904 | 20,521 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Shoshu (1,695) may also be a first name.
Shoshu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoshu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoshu (Georgian: შოშუ, Hindi: शोषू, Russian: Шошу) is most common in Japan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shoshu.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoshu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,447,279th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Shoshu live; 82 percent live in East Asia and 82 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Shoshu is also the 186,744th most widespread first name internationally, held by 1,695 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 1,047,904. In Japan Shoshu is primarily concentrated in: Nagasaki Prefecture, where 37 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 33 percent live and Wakayama Prefecture, where 22 percent live. Besides Japan it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoshu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoshu in the Georgian language | ||
| შოშუ | shoshu | - |
| Shoshu in the Hindi language | ||
| शोषू | sosu | 50 |
| शोषु | sosu | 50 |
| Shoshu in the Russian language | ||
| Шошу | sosu | - |
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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 Shoshu
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