Choshi

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Choshi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZMZambia≈1 in 132K
  • USUnited States≈1 in 30M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
15 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Choshi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Choshi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈1,700 est.≈1 in 33K—Choshi15
ZM Zambia≈130 est.≈1 in 132K—Choshi3
US United States≈11 est.≈1 in 30M—Choshi13
IN India——3——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the in-instate-surnames-bystate register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Choshi is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Japanese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, South Africa

    Also written Chōshi

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Choshi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#56,048

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Choshi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Choshi in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled choshi.
How common is the name Choshi?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,700 people in South Africa have Choshi as their first surname, about 1 in 33 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Choshi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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