Shotani Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Shotani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 146 | 1:875,646 | 18,860 |
| Kosovo | 25 | 1:74,475 | 4,775 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Shotani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shotani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shotani is most common in Japan. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shotani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,257,535th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname Shotani is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Shotani live; 80 percent live in East Asia and 80 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name Shotani is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 875,646. In Japan Shotani is mostly found in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 57 percent are found, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Nagasaki Prefecture, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Japan this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 14 percent are found and Slovenia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Shotani
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