Yorishige Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Yorishige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 81 | 1:1,578,325 | 24,941 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Yorishige (184) may also be a first name.
Yorishige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yorishige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yorishige is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yorishige? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Yorishige is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yorishige are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 671,014th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 184 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 1,578,325. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 33 percent live and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 23 percent live. Barring Japan this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, 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 Yorishige
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