Shozai Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Shozai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 523 | 1:244,444 | 10,006 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shozai (18) may also be a first name.
Shozai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shozai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shozai is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shozai.
How Common Is The Last Name Shozai? popularity and diffusion
Shozai is the 585,898th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shozai reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
Shozai is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 244,444. In Japan Shozai is primarily found in: Shiga Prefecture, where 56 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Not including Japan it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 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 Shozai
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