Shoso Surname
Approximately 601 people bear this surname
Shoso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 364 | 1:351,221 | 12,019 |
| Kenya | 136 | 1:339,558 | 20,421 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shoso (479) may also be a first name.
Shoso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shoso occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shoso click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 536,164th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,125,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Shoso live; 61 percent live in East Asia and 61 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 388,635th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 479 people.
The last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 364 people, or 1 in 351,221. In Japan it is mostly found in: Nara Prefecture, where 44 percent are found, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 21 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Shoso
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