Shoya Surname
Approximately 1,302 people bear this surname
Shoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 865 | 1:147,797 | 7,570 |
| Russia | 199 | 1:724,236 | 61,077 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Kazakhstan | 31 | 1:570,403 | 40,441 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shoya (303) may also be a first name.
Shoya Demographics
Average Shoya Salary in
United States
$18,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoya (Arabic: شويا, Bengali: শোয়া, Hindi: शोया, Marathi: शोया, Russian: Шоя) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 293,375th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,597,193 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Shoya live; 66 percent live in East Asia and 66 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Shoya is also the 505,965th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 303 people.
Shoya is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 865 people, or 1 in 147,797. In Japan it is most numerous in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 11 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Chiba Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Japan Shoya exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Shoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shoya surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Shoya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.98% less than the national average, earning $18,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoya in the Bengali language | ||
| শোয়া | soya | - |
| Shoya in the Hindi language | ||
| शोया | soya | 84.62 |
| शॉया | soya | 7.69 |
| सोया | soya | 7.69 |
| Shoya in the Marathi language | ||
| शोया | soya | 75 |
| शोयब | soyaba | 25 |
| Shoya in the Russian language | ||
| Шоя | soa | - |
| Shoya in the Arabic language | ||
| شويا | shwya | - |
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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 Shoya
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