Sugihara Surname

11,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sugihara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sugihara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan46,0271:2,778477
United States5941:610,20049,533
Brazil1311:1,634,15553,881
Singapore901:61,1972,397
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
China41:341,830,39216,990
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Sugihara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sugihara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sugihara is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sugihara? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,956th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 155,223 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sugihara live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Sugihara is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 46,027 people, or 1 in 2,778. In Japan Sugihara is mostly found in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 11 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Aichi Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Sugihara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sugihara surname are 14.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.91% being registered with the party.

The amount Sugihara earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 31.9% more than the national average, earning $56,912 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning $47,254 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suguihara94104/
Sughihara947/
Sugiharai943/
Sogihara881/
Sujihara881/
Shigihara82292/
Shighihara785/
Sugihori7526/
Shigehara712,556/
Shochihara6721/
Sujjara671/
Suchiora63201/
Susiaroh6374/
Sungyaro631/
Schuschziarra571/
Shigheharo561/

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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
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  • 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 Sugihara
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