Karatani Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Karatani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karatani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4741:269,71410,546
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Karatani (41) may also be a first name.

Karatani Last Name Facts

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

Karatani (Hindi: करतानी) is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karatani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 633,196th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karatani are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 41 people.

The last name Karatani is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 474 people, or 1 in 269,714. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 59 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 20 percent live and Nara Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Not including Japan Karatani occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karatani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karatani in the Hindi language
करतानीkaratani-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Karatani
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis