Kontani Surname
Approximately 3,845 people bear this surname
Kontani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,833 | 1:33,354 | 3,147 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kontani (12) may also be a first name.
Kontani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kontani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kontani is found most in Japan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kontani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kontani is the 119,522nd most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,895,331 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kontani live; 100 percent live in East Asia and 100 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 3,833 people, or 1 in 33,354. In Japan it is most numerous in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 24 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Other than Japan it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kontani
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