Kodera

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/koʊdɛɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kodera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 51K
  • PLPoland1 in 1.7M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,500 people, est.

Sources
59 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kodera counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kodera is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan≈9,500 est.≈1 in 13K—Kodera59
CZ Czechia2091 in 51K209——
US United States≈82 est.≈1 in 4.1MlistedKodera48
PL Poland221 in 1.7M13——
GB United Kingdom≈7 est.≈1 in 9.9M—Kodera5
NL Netherlands61 in 2.9M6——
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kodera is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Italy

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Koděra

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kōdera

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Koděra

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, United States

    Also written K'Odera

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Kodera Tsuyoshi, b. 1696Hiroyuki Kodera, b. 1940Jirō Kodera, b. 1953Sergius Kodera, b. 1963

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalKodera様Dear Kodera-san, (English)
Informalこんにちは、KoderaさんHi Kodera, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kodera?
A machine transcription gives /koʊdɛɹə/ (IPA) for Japanese.
In which country does Kodera have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Kodera in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kodera.
How common is the name Kodera?
In Czechia, the national register counted 209 people named Kodera, about 1 in 51 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kodera”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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