Dekitani Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Dekitani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekitani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1331:961,23519,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Dekitani Last Name Facts

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

Dekitani occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekitani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,537,949th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dekitani reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The surname Dekitani is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 961,235. In Japan it is most common in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 72 percent live, Kagawa Prefecture, where 17 percent live and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 3 percent live. Not including Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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 Dekitani
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