Soshima Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Soshima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 120 | 1:1,065,369 | 20,699 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Soshima (28) may also be a first name.
Soshima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soshima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soshima is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soshima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Soshima is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Soshima are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,065,369. In Japan it is most frequent in: Chiba Prefecture, where 33 percent are found, Nagano Prefecture, where 23 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent are found. Beside Japan Soshima exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Soshima
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