Yoshikazu Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Yoshikazu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 190 | 1:672,865 | 16,704 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Yoshikazu (256,991) may also be a first name.
Yoshikazu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoshikazu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yoshikazu occurs most in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoshikazu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,168,344th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Yoshikazu are found; 93 percent are found in East Asia and 93 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 4,090th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 256,991 people.
Yoshikazu is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 672,865. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 57 percent live, Okayama Prefecture, where 29 percent live and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 2 percent live. Aside from Japan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Brazil, 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 Yoshikazu
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