Yokotani Surname

80,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yokotani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yokotani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan6,0651:21,0792,330
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Yokotani (15) may also be a first name.

Yokotani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yokotani is most common in Japan. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yokotani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 80,190th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,199,201 people. The last name Yokotani is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yokotani are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 15 people.

This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 6,065 people, or 1 in 21,079. In Japan it is most frequent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 17 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Japan Yokotani is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiokotani822/
Ekotani8050/
Ikotani8011/
Hikotani759/
Aikotani751/
Jikotani751/
Jockatani711/
Ikatani6747/
Ekotoni6716/
Ekatani676/
Ikotane671/
Ekotanyoyi671/

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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 Yokotani
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