Family name 下野 (Simono 
, 下野 
, Кабата 
) , all over the world, is a rare last name. The last name 下野 is habitual in the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a rare surname, Slovakia, where it is a rare surname, and Bulgaria. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Dominican Republic, the United States, and France. Much less frequently, 下野 is the forename as well as the last name.