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 occurs most in Japan. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigitani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shigitani is the 1,403,590th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Shigitani occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shigitani live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
Shigitani is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 830,158. In Japan Shigitani is primarily found in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 40 percent live, Okayama Prefecture, where 32 percent live and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Besides Japan it occurs in one country. It is also common 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
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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 Shigitani
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