Komoto

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 963K
  • USUnited States1 in 2.1M

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)

≈3,800 people, est.

Sources
46 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 33K (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 in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Komoto 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 Komoto is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan≈3,800 est.≈1 in 33K—Komoto46
US United States1581 in 2.1M188Komoto46
BR Brazil551 in 3.8M55——
CA Canada≈39 est.≈1 in 963K—Komoto4
EE Estonia——listed——

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Komoto is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kōmoto

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kōmoto, Kômoto

  • Thai surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States

    Also written โคโมโตะ

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Komoto is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In srn, to come out

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Daisaku Kōmoto, b. 1883Toshio Kōmoto, b. 1911Akira Komoto, b. 1935Saburo Komoto, b. 1950Saori Kondo, b. 1956Jun'ichi Kōmoto, b. 1975Hiroyuki Komoto, b. 1985Keisuke Kōmoto, b. 1986Akiko Kōmoto, b. 2000

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)

FormalDear Komoto,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Komoto
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000188#91,004
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020165#113,026
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010158#111,426
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—55#98,063
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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 Komoto?
A machine transcription gives /koʊˈmoʊtoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Komoto have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Komoto in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled komoto.
How common is the name Komoto?
In the United States, the national register counted 158 people named Komoto in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 million 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, “Komoto”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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