Nakase
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries
/nəkeɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nakase is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 306K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.4M
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)
- Record sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
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)Nakase 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Nakase | 54 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 306K | — | Nakase | 3 |
| US United States | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 5.7M | — | Nakase | 43 |
| BR Brazil | 57 | 1 in 3.7M | 57 | — | — |
| MY Malaysia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Nakase | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 5.7M | — | Nakase | 2 |
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: 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Nakase Setsuob. 1884JPJapanese businessperson
- Noboru Nakaseb. 1896JPJapanese teacher (1896-1983)
- Masayuki Nakaseb. 1918JPJapanese flying ace
- Toshikazu Nakaseb. 1928JPJapanese historian
- Yukari Nakaseb. 1964JPJapanese editor
- Asaki Nakaseb. 1977JPJapanese mangaka
- Natalie Nakaseb. 1980USAmerican professional basketball coach
- Kana Nakaseb. 1980JPJapanese singer
- Takuya Nakaseb. 1982JPgymnast
- Rika NakaseJPJapanese anime screenwriter
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)Evidence
(measured from records)6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 57 | #95,634 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Nakase?
- A machine transcription gives /nəkeɪs/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- In which country does Nakase have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.1 thousand people named Nakase in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nakase.
- How common is the name Nakase?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 57 people named Nakase, about 1 in 3.7 million residents.
What do you want to know about Nakase?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nakaseThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nakase”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.