Yoshimasa Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yoshimasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoshimasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3791:337,32011,779
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yoshimasa (63,842) may also be a first name.

Yoshimasa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yoshimasa is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yoshimasa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoshimasa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 748,537th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yoshimasa reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Yoshimasa is also the 15,050th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 63,842 people.

The last name Yoshimasa is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 337,320. In Japan Yoshimasa is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 30 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Austria, where 0 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
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  • 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 Yoshimasa
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