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
Soshima is found most frequently in Japan. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soshima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Soshima live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Soshima is also the 1,994,417th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
Soshima is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,065,369. In Japan it is most common in: Chiba Prefecture, where 33 percent live, Nagano Prefecture, where 23 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent live. Barring Japan it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 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 Soshima
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