Tonoshiro Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Tonoshiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tonoshiro Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan2471:517,58814,692
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Tonoshiro Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tonoshiro is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tonoshiro.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonoshiro? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,020,242nd most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. The last name Tonoshiro occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tonoshiro are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 517,588. In Japan Tonoshiro is mostly concentrated in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 93 percent live, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 6 percent live and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 0 percent live. Excluding Japan it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonshiro941/
Tonashiro896/
Tonshir889/
Tanshiro821/
Tanoshiri78373/
Tanashiro785/
Tanshir758/
Tonshar751/
Tansheir7126/
Tonashar711/
Donosher711/
Donshire710/
Tanishiri67536/
Downshire677/
Deonshire672/
Dhonshire671/
Tansheiry671/
Tanooshri671/
Tonesera597/
Thanachira531/
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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 Tonoshiro
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