Nitobe Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nitobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nitobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6451:198,2088,941
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naitobe927/
Nitoube921/
Nitowe831/
Naitebe77332/
Naitove7740/
Nithabe771/
Neitebe771/
Ngitobi771/
Naitube771/
Neatobei715/
Naitabed711/
Nitave67961/
Nitovi676/
Neishtube671/
Netube671/
Netebe671/
Nitawe671/

Nitobe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nitobe in the Russian language
Нитобэnitobe-

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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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