Sohei Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Sohei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 440 | 1:290,555 | 10,955 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Sohei (5,100) may also be a first name.
Sohei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sohei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sohei occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sohei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sohei is the 671,677th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name Sohei is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sohei live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 95,038th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 5,100 people.
The surname Sohei is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 290,555. In Japan Sohei is primarily found in: Okayama Prefecture, where 32 percent reside, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 29 percent reside and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 17 percent reside. Beside Japan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Benin, 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 Sohei
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