Nitobe Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Nitobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 645 | 1:198,208 | 8,941 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nitobe (16) may also be a first name.
Nitobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nitobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nitobe (Russian: Нитобэ) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nitobe.
How Common Is The Last Name Nitobe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 504,985th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nitobe live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
Nitobe is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 645 people, or 1 in 198,208. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 22 percent are found, Yamagata Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Chiba Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan Nitobe occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nitobe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nitobe in the Russian language | ||
| Нитобэ | nitobe | - |
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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
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- 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 Nitobe
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