Yosei Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Yosei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 77 | 1:599,739 | 28,092 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Yosei (1,401) may also be a first name.
Yosei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yosei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yosei occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,047,559th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Yosei is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yosei live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Yosei is also the 208,902nd most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 1,401 people.
The surname Yosei is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 599,739. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 53 percent are found, Bomet County, where 36 percent are found and Kericho County, where 5 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Yosei
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