Shigitani Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Shigitani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 154 | 1:830,158 | 18,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shigitani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shigitani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shigitani is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigitani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,403,590th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shigitani reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 830,158. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Okayama Prefecture, where 32 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Besides Japan this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shigetani | 89 | 54 | / |
| Chigidani | 78 | 60 | / |
| Chijitani | 78 | 46 | / |
| Shigetoni | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chigidhani | 74 | 34 | / |
| Shigidin | 71 | 43 | / |
| Sesitani | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chigidan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shigidina | 67 | 43 | / |
| Chigidini | 67 | 38 | / |
| Shigetone | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shegetoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigidhini | 63 | 7 | / |
| Chigidhana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chugietwana | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chigidin | 59 | 164 | / |
| Chigidina | 56 | 155 | / |
| Chigidiina | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shigitani
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