Yoshihira Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yoshihira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoshihira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1201:1,065,36920,699
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Yoshihira (3,224) may also be a first name.

Yoshihira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yoshihira occurs most in Japan. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yoshihira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoshihira? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Yoshihira live; 77 percent live in East Asia and 77 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Yoshihira is also the 126,344th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 3,224 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,065,369. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 56 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 39 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Japan Yoshihira occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yoshihiro891,861/
Yoshihiri891/
Yoschihiro841/
Yoshiiri8251/
Ishihira8224/
Yoshiiro823/
Yosehira821/
Yochihiro788/
Yoshihero781/
Josiheira781/
Yoshyhiro781/
Yishihiro781/
Ishihiro7116/
Yasuhira714/
Yosuhiro712/
Iosihiro711/
Yachiira711/
Ychihiro711/
Ioshijiro679/
Yassuhira677/

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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 Yoshihira
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