Ashitani Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Ashitani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashitani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3031:421,92813,251
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ashitani (68) may also be a first name.

Ashitani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ashitani is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashitani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 833,931st most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Ashitani reside; 92 percent reside in East Asia and 92 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Ashitani is also the 1,181,159th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 68 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 421,928. In Japan Ashitani is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 57 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 10 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Japan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hashitani942,648/
Gashitani9419/
Hashiotani892/
Oshitani882,397/
Achitani886/
Ashitane881/
Hoshitani822,177/
Ashestani829/
Hachitani821/
Oshitanni821/
Asitane803/
Asitana801/
Gasetani7521/
Ahsetani759/
Oshitana752/
Assitane751/
Asithana751/
Achitane751/
Ochitani751/
Achetani751/
Gasetahni718/
Asistanes711/
Asseitane711/
Oshitanna711/
Asytoni677/
Asetoni671/
Ositana671/
Ausuistane671/

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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 Ashitani
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