Ootani Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Ootani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ootani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan731:1,751,29226,150
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ootani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ootani (Russian: Оотани) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ootani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ootani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,955,159th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Ootani reside; 81 percent reside in East Asia and 80 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Ootani is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 1,751,292. In Japan it is primarily found in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 66 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 5 percent reside and Fukushima Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Japan this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohotani928/
Aootani921/
Gouotani863/
Aotani8389/
Ojotane7733/
Ohotane771/
Ouastani7120/
Ouahtani711/
Oatanha6216/
Aoutane625/
Ouatane622/
Aothane622/
Auhotoni571/
Ahoutoni571/
Ahoutane571/
Ouattana571/
Gouataine531/
Ojiathamne502/
Oatona501/

Ootani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ootani in the Russian language
Оотаниootani-

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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 Ootani
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