Yoshitoshi Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yoshitoshi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoshitoshi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7871:162,4458,011
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yoshitoshi (4,051) may also be a first name.

Yoshitoshi Last Name Facts

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

Yoshitoshi occurs most in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoshitoshi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 424,566th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Yoshitoshi live; 97 percent live in East Asia and 97 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Yoshitoshi is also the 109,531st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 4,051 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 787 people, or 1 in 162,445. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 48 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 26 percent are found and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Besides Japan this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yoshitochi901/
Yashitoshi901/
Iochitoshi801/
Yositasi783/
Yasutoshi742/
Yassutoshi709/
Jasitosi676/
Jositasi671/
Yasitasi671/
Eshitashe6349/
Yassutoci531/

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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 Yoshitoshi
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