Yoshinaga Surname

13,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,071 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yoshinaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoshinaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan39,8801:3,206538
United States5101:710,70456,075
Brazil5061:423,07216,058
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Peru261:1,222,46620,703
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
China41:341,830,39216,990
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077

Yoshinaga (8,286) may also be a first name.

Yoshinaga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yoshinaga occurs most in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoshinaga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 13,594th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 177,438 people. The last name Yoshinaga is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Yoshinaga are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Yoshinaga is also the 69,484th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 8,286 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 39,880 people, or 1 in 3,206. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 13 percent are found, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 8 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Yoshinaga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yoshinaga last name are 23.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.32% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yoshinaga earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 3.35% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,034 per year and in United States they earn 25.43% more than the national average, earning $54,123 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yoshingaga951/
Yosinaga9411/
Ioshinaga8911/
Yashinaga893/
Joshinaga891/
Ysinaga884/
Ishinaga8228/
Iochinaga781/
Yoshinogo781/
Esinaga7520/
Yasunaga71671/
Ichinaga7188/
Hesinaga719/
Ishenaga711/
Yassunaga67104/
Yasingoga671/
Esenaga631/
Iasunaga5914/
Isenanga591/
Iassunaga561/
Isseinago561/
Ezenaga504/

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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 Yoshinaga
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