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 surname Shozai is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shozai? popularity and diffusion
Shozai is the 585,898th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shozai reside; 98 percent reside in East Asia and 98 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Shozai is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
Shozai is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 244,444. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Shiga Prefecture, where 56 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 9 percent reside. Barring Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 0 percent reside.
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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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