Sosei Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Sosei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 66 | 1:1,937,035 | 27,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sosei (354) may also be a first name.
Sosei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sosei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sosei occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sosei? popularity and diffusion
Sosei is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Sosei are found; 94 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 463,079th most frequent first name globally, held by 354 people.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 1,937,035. In Japan Sosei is primarily concentrated in: Saitama Prefecture, where 61 percent reside, Toyama Prefecture, where 21 percent reside and Kyoto Prefecture, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Japan it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 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 Sosei
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