Nakatani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 中谷 (Nakatani).

Proper noun

Nakatani (plural Nakatanis)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nakatani is the 37125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Nakatani is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (70.38%) and Mixed Race (14.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nakatani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 647.