Yokoi Surname
Approximately 53,970 people bear this surname
Yokoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 53,132 | 1:2,406 | 421 |
| United States | 365 | 1:993,038 | 73,486 |
| Brazil | 199 | 1:1,075,750 | 37,702 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
The alternate forms: Yokoï (1) are calculated separately.
Yokoi (30) may also be a first name.
Yokoi Demographics
Yokoi Political Affiliation
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Yokoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yokoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yokoi (Russian: Ёкои) has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also be found as a variant: Yokoï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yokoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yokoi is the 10,426th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 135,030 people. Yokoi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Yokoi live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 30 people.
Yokoi is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 53,132 people, or 1 in 2,406. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 39 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent live. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Yokoi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Yokoi are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
Yokoi earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.86% more than the national average, earning $50,422 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yokoi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yokoi in the Russian language | ||
| Ёкои | ekoi | - |
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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 Yokoi
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