Yoshikazu Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yoshikazu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoshikazu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1901:672,86516,704
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

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

Yoshikazu occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yoshikazu.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoshikazu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yoshikazu is the 1,168,344th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Yoshikazu is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Yoshikazu live; 93 percent live in East Asia and 93 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 4,090th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 256,991 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 672,865. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 57 percent are found, Okayama Prefecture, where 29 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 2 percent are found. Not including Japan Yoshikazu exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yosikazu942/
Yoshicazu8914/
Yochikazu896/
Yoshikatsu8476/
Yocikazu822/
Ioshicazu782/
Yochikasu782/
Ioshikasu781/
Iosicazu711/
Yassukazu6711/
Iochicazu671/
Iochicasu561/

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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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